Hemiancistrus aspidolepis
Günther, 1867
Genus uncertain (inc. sed.)
Synonyms
Ancistrus aspidolepis
Chaetostomus aspidolepis
Hypostomus panamensis
Panama-Schilderwels
Plecostomus plecostomus panamensis
Chaetostomus aspidolepis
Hypostomus panamensis
Panama-Schilderwels
Plecostomus plecostomus panamensis
Length (total)
approx. 45 cm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
pH
7.0 - 8.0
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: look to head and body shape and pectoral fins: male has angular head, female has wider waist
from genus: Standard
unknown
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave
top and bottom approximately the same length
without filament upper
without filament lower
dark dots
I / 7 rays
convex
dark dots
dark dots
dark dots
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave
top and bottom approximately the same length
without filament upper
without filament lower
dark dots
I / 7 rays
convex
dark dots
dark dots
dark dots
in undescribed genus LG 13
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. 385
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 P.1186 -1187
- Katzschmann, Anja & Behr, Norman: "Fischfang im Land der Roten Aras: Costa Rica"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Juni/Juli 2019)
- Günther, A., 1866 "Memoir on the Fishes of the States of Central America collected by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. Dow" (Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, P. 603)
- 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. 49)
- Bussing, W.A., 1998 "Peces de las aguas continentales de Costa Rica" (Revista de Biología Tropical, Vol. 46 No. 2, P. 111)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 242)
- 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. 664)
- Armbruster, J.W.; Werneke, D.C. & Tan, M., 2015 "Three new species of saddled loricariid catfishes, and a review of Hemiancistrus, Peckoltia, and allied genera (Siluriformes)" (ZooKeys, Vol. 480, P. 99)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Justin DeVault
1, 2
Christian Hofer
3
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