Synonyms
Chaetostomus hoplogenys
has Xenocara hoplogenys
Chaetostomus cirrhosus punctata
Rotflossen-Weißtüpfel-Antennenwels
has Xenocara hoplogenys
Chaetostomus cirrhosus punctata
Rotflossen-Weißtüpfel-Antennenwels
Length (total)
approx. 18 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Type of water
Clear water
Substrate
sand
In water
deadwood
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: The males have more and longer tentacle on the head. Often females have only short tentacle/stublles anlong the mouth.
from genus: Standard
yes
 
5 soft rays
fin edging: orange 
I / 7 rays
fin edging: orange 
6 soft rays
fin edging: orange 
I / 7 rays
fin edging: orange 
6 soft rays
Sympatric with
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- Knaack, J., 1999 "New Ancistrus species from the Rio Cuiba System, Brazil (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Tropical Fish Hobbyist) P. 152
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 376
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.158
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.57
- Seidel, Ingo: "Antennenwelse der Gattung Ancistrus - Facettenreich wie kaum eine andere Harnischwelsgattung"
(aquaristik - Aktuelle Süßwasserpraxis 2/2010 - "Wels - Presseschau") - Diehl, Klaus: "Rätselhafte Antennenwelse"
(aqualog / terralog - News Nr. 104 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Günther, Dr. Albert, 1864 "Siluridae" (Catalogue of the Physostomi in the Collection of the British Museum, P. 247)
- Seidel, Ingo, 2012 "Erstimport des echten Ancistrus hoplogenys (L 59)" (Newsletter aqua-global, 01-2012)
- Oliveira, R.R. de; Zuanon, J.; Zawadzki, C.H. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L., 2015 "Ancistrus maximus, a new species of red-dotted armored catfish from rio Branco, Roraima State, Brazilian Amazon (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, Vol. 26 No. 1, P. 81)
- Nión, H.; Rios, C. & Meneses, P., 2016 "Peces del Uruguay - Lista sistemática y nombres comunes"
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 25)
- Provenzano, F.R. & Barriga-Salazar, 2018 "Species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from Ecuador, with the description of a new species from the Amazon River Basin" (abstract) (Zootaxa, Vol. 4527 No. 2, P. 229)
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for the pictures
Doreen
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Serge
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