Farlowella altocorpus
Retzer, 2006
alto (lat.) - deep; corpus (lat.) - body
Synonyms
unknown
data deficient
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
170.2 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
substrate breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
not known
- Retzer, M.E., 2006 "A new species of Farlowella Eigenmann and Eigenmann (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a stickcatfish from Bolivia" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1282)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 444)
- Terán, G.E.; Ballen, G.A.; Alonso, F.; Aguilera, G. & Mirande, J.M., 2019 "A new species of Farlowella (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Bermejo River, La Plata River basin, northwestern Argentina" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 17 No. 2)
Please help with your pictures and information to complete the database: database(at)welsfans.de
Link: https://www.suedamerikafans.de/en/wels-datenbank/welsart/?art=1436
1436