Hemiancistrus punctulatus
Cardoso & Malabarba, 1999
Genus uncertain (inc. sed.)
punctum (lat.) - small dot
Synonyms
Cascudo
Length (total)
approx. 39 cm
Standard length (documented)
190.1 mm
Recommended tank size
250 cm
Temperature
20 - 25 °C
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
rio Cadeia ➙ rio Caí | rio Pardinho → rio Pardo | rio Paranhana → rio dos Sinos ⇒ rio Jacuí | arroio Dilúvio ⇒ rio Guaíba | laguna Merín → canal São Gonçalo ⇒ lagoa dos Patos → Atlantic SE
[ -29.776,-50.435 ]
Flow
normal - strong
Substrate
rocks
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
detritus, diatoms (Bacillariophyceae), inverbrates (aquatic) (invertebrates (aquatic)), algae, vegetable fibers, fishes, inverbrates (terrestrial) (invertebrates (terrestris)), (sand), insects, aquatic, insects, terrestrial
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
present
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
straight
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
straight
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
Sympatric with
Ancistrus brevipinnis
Cambeva poikilos
Eurycheilichthys limulus
Heptapterus mustelinus
Hisonotus armatus
Hisonotus brunneus
Hypostomus commersonii
Neoplecostomus microps (LDA 34)
Pareiorhaphis pumila
Pimelodus pintado
Rhamdella eriarcha
Rhamdia quelen
Rineloricaria cadeae
Rineloricaria microlepidogaster
Astyanax lacustris
Astyanax laticeps
Astyanax obscurus
Astyanax procerus
Astyanax xiru
Austrloheros sp.
Bryconamericus iheringii
Cambeva poikilos
Eurycheilichthys limulus
Heptapterus mustelinus
Hisonotus armatus
Hisonotus brunneus
Hypostomus commersonii
Neoplecostomus microps (LDA 34)
Pareiorhaphis pumila
Pimelodus pintado
Rhamdella eriarcha
Rhamdia quelen
Rineloricaria cadeae
Rineloricaria microlepidogaster
Astyanax lacustris
Astyanax laticeps
Astyanax obscurus
Astyanax procerus
Astyanax xiru
Austrloheros sp.
Bryconamericus iheringii
Bryconamericus sp.
Characidium orientale
Characidium pterostictum
Crenicichla lepidota
Crenicichla punctata
Diapoma alburnus
Diapoma dicropotamicus
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys
Gymnogeophagus labiatus
Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus
Gymnotus sp. aff. carapo
Heptapterus sp.
Hoplias malabaricus
Ituglanis sp.
Oligosarcus jacuiensis
Oligosarcus jenynsii
Phalloceros caudimaculatus
Phalloceros spiloura
Synbranchus marmoratus
Characidium orientale
Characidium pterostictum
Crenicichla lepidota
Crenicichla punctata
Diapoma alburnus
Diapoma dicropotamicus
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys
Gymnogeophagus labiatus
Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus
Gymnotus sp. aff. carapo
Heptapterus sp.
Hoplias malabaricus
Ituglanis sp.
Oligosarcus jacuiensis
Oligosarcus jenynsii
Phalloceros caudimaculatus
Phalloceros spiloura
Synbranchus marmoratus
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 386
- Cardoso, A.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 1999 "Description of three new species of Hemiancistrus Bleeker, 1862 from Southern Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Comunicações do Museu de Ciências da PUCRS, Vol. 12, P. 144)
- Hirschmann, A.; Fialho, C.B. & Zanardi Grillo, H.C., 2011 "Reprodução de Hemiancistrus punctulatus Cardoso & Malabarba, 1999 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) no sistema da laguna dos Patos: uma espécie de ambiente lótico frente às alterações provocadas por represamentos" (Neotropical Biology and Conservation, Vol. 6 No. 3)
- Silveira Langoni, A. da, 2015 "Biologia comparada alimentar de três loricarídeos (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes) em diferentes riachos da bacia do Alto Jucuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil"
- 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. 100)
- Bonato, K.O. & Fialho, C.B., 2016 "Fishes of Alto Jacuí sub-basin: a poorly studied sub-basin of northwestern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 12 No. 2, P. 4)
- Bertaco, V.A.; Ferrer, J.; Carvalho, F.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 2016 "Article Inventory of the freshwater fishes from a densely collected area in South America —a case study of the current knowledge of Neotropical fish diversity" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4138 No. 3, P. 418)
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