Synonyms
has Cteniloricaria maculata
Harttia maculata
Harttia platystoma
Loricaria platystoma
Oxyloricaria platystoma
Parasturisoma maculata
Parasturisoma platystoma
Harttia maculata
Harttia platystoma
Loricaria platystoma
Oxyloricaria platystoma
Parasturisoma maculata
Parasturisoma platystoma
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
Sipaliwini, Marowijne, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Guayana, Suriname
Siparuni River → Essequibo River | Suriname River | Marowijne River | Corantijn River ⇒ Atlantic NE
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
substrate breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
 
Sympatric with
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 331
- Bosna, Roland: "Unterwegs auf dem Gran Río in Surinam"
(Amazonas September/Oktober 2014 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Günther, Dr. A., 1868 "Diagnoses of some new Freshwater Fishes from Suriname and Brazil, in the Collection of the Britsh Museum" (The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology vol. 1, P. 478)
- Provenzano, F.R.; Machado-Allison, A.; Chernoff, B.; Willink, P. & Petry, P., 2005 "Harttia merevari, a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Venezuela" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 3 No. 4, P. 521)
- Covain, R.; Fisch-Muller, S., Montoya-Burgos, J.I., Mol, J. Le Bail, P.-Y- & Dray, S., 2012 "The Harttiini (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Guianas: a multi-table approach to assess their diversity, evolution, and distribution" (Cybium, Vol. 36 No. 1, P. 134)
- Mol, J.H. & You, K.W.T., 2013 "Fishes of the Palumeu River, Suriname" (A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed (Grensgebergte and Kasikasima) of Southeastern Suriname, P. 121)
- Londoño-Burbano, A.; Mendonça, M.B. & Reis, R.E., 2021 "The distribution of Cteniloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): known and new records in Brazil suggest headwater captures as drivers of disjoint distribution" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 19 No. 2)
- Londoño-Burbano, A. & Reis, R.E., 2021 "A combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of the Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with emphasis on the Harttiini and Farlowellini" (PlosOne)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Donald Taphorn
4, 5
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