dedicated Prof. Stannius
Synonyms
Hypostomus stannii
Length (total)
approx. 22 cm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
24 - 29 °C
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
strong
Substrate
rocks
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
diatoms (Bacillariophyceae)
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Male have a more angular head and the edge of their snout is more thick
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
present
4 soft rays
14 soft rays
straight
dark stripes/ribbons
fin edging: white 
I / 8 rays
dark patches
dark point at the base of the first dorsal ray
6 soft rays
dark patches
5 soft rays
dark patches
4 soft rays
14 soft rays
straight
dark stripes/ribbons
fin edging: white 
I / 8 rays
dark patches
dark point at the base of the first dorsal ray
6 soft rays
dark patches
5 soft rays
dark patches
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. 382
- Lütken, Dr. Chr., 1873 "Nye eller mindre vel kjendte Malleformer fra forskjellige Verdensdele" (Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn fpr Aaret, Vol. 36, P. 206)
- Lütken, Chr., 1874 "Nye eller mindre vel kjendte Malleformer fra forskjellige Verdensdele" (Videnskabelige meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske forening i Kjöbenhavn, Vol. 36, P. 206)
- 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. 64)
- Page, L.; Hogue, G.; Retzer, M.E.; Caes, P.A. & Taphorn, D.C., 1993 "Spawning habitat and larval development of Chaetostoma stannii (Loricariidae) from Rio Crucito, Venezuela" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 4 No. 1, P. 93)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 230)
- Tan, M. & Armbruster, J.W., 2012 "Cordylancistrus santarosensis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new species with unique snout deplatation from the Río Santa Rosa, Ecuador" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3243, P. 58)
- Lujan, N.K.; Meza-Vargas, V.; Astudillo-Clavijo, V. & ´López-Fernández, H., 2015 "A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes" (Copeia, Vol. 103 No. 3, P. 666)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Steindachner, Franz (1882) (PD)
1, 2, 3
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