Aposturisoma myriodon
Isbrücker, Britski, Nijssen & Ortega, 1983
(Type species)
Synonyms
unknown
critical endangered
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
197.8 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
23 - 26 °C
pH
7.5 - 8.0
Conductivity
45 - 50 µS/cm
Type of water
Clear water
Substrate
rocks
On the riverbank
forest
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
substrate breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
4 (- 5) soft rays
11 soft rays
I / 5 (- 6) rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
11 soft rays
I / 5 (- 6) rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
from shallow, fast waters with rubble
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. 330
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 1 (2002) P.411 - 413
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 (2005) P.449 - 451
- Behr, Norman & Katzschmann, Anja: "Hexenwelse aus Peru"
(Amazonas November / Dezember 2018) - Seidel, Ingo: "Aposturisoma myriodon erfolgreich importiert"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin August/September 2023)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1983 "Aposturisoma myriodon, une espèce et un genre nouveaux de Poisson-Chat cuirassé, tribu Farlowellini Fowler, 1958 du Bassin du Rio Ucayali, Pérou (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie, Vol. 10 No. 2, P. 33)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 226)
- Londoño-Burbano, A. & Reis, R.E., 2021 "A combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of the Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with emphasis on the Harttiini and Farlowellini" (PlosOne)
- ACSI
- PCF
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