Glyptoperichthys cf. gibbiceps/Pterygoplichthys cf. gibbiceps "Venezuela"
Synonyms
Pterygoplichthys sp.
Length (total)
approx. 60 cm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
24 - 30 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have greater (dorsal) fins and a wider head, posibly females have a wider wais
unknown
not known
- Steack, Dr. Wolfgang: "Der Fluss der Harnischwelse"
(aquaristik 4/2017)
- Kner, R., 1854 "Die Hypostomiden. Zweite Hauptgruppe der Familie der Panzerfische" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 7, P. 284)
- Elko Kinlechner, 2017 "Pterygoplichthys / Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps, Pterygoplichthys / Glyptoperichthys xinguensis, L165, L83, … – Wer ist wer?"
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Douglas Rodriguez Olarte
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