Hypostomus lima
Lütken, 1874
Synonyms
Plecostomus lima
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
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
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
- Lütken, Chr., 1874 "Siluridae novae Brasiliae centralis" (Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs forhandlinger = Bulletin de l'Académie royale des sciences et des lettres de Danemark., P. 29)
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1876 "Die Süsswasserfische des südöstlichen Brasilien III." (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften , Vol. 74, P. 679)
- Lustosa-Costa, S.Y.; Ramos, T.P.A.; Zawadzki, C.H. & Lima, S.M.Q., 2022 "Review of the armoured catfish genus Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Parnaíba River basin, Northeastern Brazil, with description of a new species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 20 No. 1)
- PCF
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