Loricariichthys acutus
Valenciennes, 1840
Synonyms
Loricaria acuta
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
Pará, Loreto, Amazonas (BRA)
Brazil, Guyana, Peru
rio Aripuanã | igarapé Cuniã ⇒ rio Madeira | río Ucayali | rio Xingu | rio Negro ⇒ Amazonas | Essequibo River ⇒ Atlantic NE
˜[ -8.205,-74.470 ]
Substrate
sand, mud
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
insects, inverbrates (aquatic) (invertebrates (aquatic)), detritus, fruits
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: note lips
lip breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
 
I / 5 rays
12 soft rays
I / 7 rays
7 soft rays
6 soft rays
12 soft rays
I / 7 rays
7 soft rays
6 soft rays
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
26/November/2014
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 338
- Valenciennes, M.A., 1840 "Siluroïdes - Des Loricaires, des Rinelepis et des Hypostomes" (Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, Vol. 15, P. 472)
- Kner, R., 1854 "Die Panzerwelse des k. k. Hof-Naturalien-Cabinetes zu Wien - I. Loricarinae" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 6, P. 65)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 287)
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1908 "Mitteilung über drei neue Arten von Süßwasserfischen aus dem Stromgebiete des Amazonas innerhalb Brasiliens" (Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 45, P. 83)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 125)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1981 "Revision of Loricaria Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Beaufortia, Vol. 31 No. 3, P. 87)
- Reis, R. & Pereira, H.L., 2000 "Three New Species of the Loricariid Catfish Genus Loricariichthys (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Southern South America" (Copeia, No. 4, P. 1047)
- Mérona, B. de & Rankin-de-Mérona, J., 2004 "Food resource partitioning in a fish community of the central Amazon floodplain" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 2 No. 2, P. 77)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 269)
- Barros, M.C.; Fraga, E.C. & Birindell, J.L.=., 2011 "Fishes from the Itapecuru River basin, State of Maranhão, northeast Brazil" (Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol. 71 No. 2)
- Queiroz, L.J. de; Torrente-Vilara, G.; Vieira, F.G.; Ohara, W.M.; Zuanon, J. & Doria, C.R.C., 2013 "Fishes of Cuniã Lake, Madeira River Basin, Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 9 No 3, P. 545)
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