Hypostomus itacua
Valenciennes, 1836
Genus uncertain (inc. sed.)
Synonyms
Jaryi itakua
Yaru itacua
Yaru itacua
Length (total)
approx. 11 cm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
20 - 25 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.0
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have longer fins
from genus: Standard
unknown
No type available anymore. Identity no longer to clarify.
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
- Valenciennes, A., 1836 "Poissons [plates]" (A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale)
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America"
- Valenciennes, M., 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des poissons, Vol. 15, P. 505)
- 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. 156)
- Cardoso, A.R. & Lucinda, P.H.F., 2003 "Three new species of Hemiancistrus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Tocantins basin with comments on the genus" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 14, P. 74)
- Armbruster, J.W., 2004 "Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae" (abstract) (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, P. 79)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 217)
- 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)
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Paul Louis Oudart (1796–1860)
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