Synonyms
Bodó
Chupa-pedra
Limpa-vidro
Plecostomus pusarum
Chupa-pedra
Limpa-vidro
Plecostomus pusarum
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
206.2 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
rio Ceará-Mirim, ➀ rio São Francisco, rio Acauã, rio Apodi, rio Ariri, rio Capibaribe, rio Choró, riacho do Cipó, rio Espinharas, rio Gramame, río Granjeiro, unnamed creek to rio Ipojuca, rio Jaguaribe, riacho do Machado, lagoa Papari, rio Paraíba do Meio, rio Piancó, rio Piranhas-Açu = rio Piranhas, rio Poti = rio Puty, rio Salgado, río Sambito, rio Seridó, barragem Serrinha, rio Taperoá, rio Trairi, rio Umbuzeiro, barragem Argemiro de Figueirêdo, rio Mamanguape basin, Atlantic NE: coastal waters
Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Piauí, Pernambuco, Alagoas
Brazil
rio Poti ➙ rio Parnaíba | rio Saco E Lobo → rio Batalheira ⇒ rio Salgado | riacho do Espírito → riacho São Pedro ⇒ rio Jaguaribe | rio Seridó ➙ rio Piranhas-Açu ⇒ Atlantic NE ↓ rio Santo Alberto → lagoa Guaraíras | lagoa Manguaba | rio Pajeú → rio São Francisco | açude Boqueirão ⇒ rio Paraíba do Norte ⇒ Atlantic SE↓
(Prefered) River depth
1.00 - 2.00 m
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
no - strong
Substrate
sand, rocks
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
 
present
14 soft rays
incised / concave
II / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave
II / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
Sympatric with
Hypostomus sertanejo
Parotocinclus jacksoni
Parotocinclus seridoensis
Apareiodon davisi
Astyanax sp. aff. bimaculatus
Characidium bimaculatum
Cheirodon jaguaribensis
Cichlasoma orientale
Compsura heterura
Eleotris pisonis
Geophagus brasiliensis
Hemigrammus marginatus
Hemigrammus rodwayi
Parotocinclus jacksoni
Parotocinclus seridoensis
Apareiodon davisi
Astyanax sp. aff. bimaculatus
Characidium bimaculatum
Cheirodon jaguaribensis
Cichlasoma orientale
Compsura heterura
Eleotris pisonis
Geophagus brasiliensis
Hemigrammus marginatus
Hemigrammus rodwayi
Hoplias malabaricus
Leporinus piau
Plagioscion squamosissimus
Poecilia vivipara
Prochilodus brevis
Saxatilia brasiliensis
Serrapinnus heterodon
Serrapinnus piaba
Serrapinnus potiguar
Steindachnerina notonota
Synbranchus sp. aff. marmoratus
Triportheus signatus
Leporinus piau
Plagioscion squamosissimus
Poecilia vivipara
Prochilodus brevis
Saxatilia brasiliensis
Serrapinnus heterodon
Serrapinnus piaba
Serrapinnus potiguar
Steindachnerina notonota
Synbranchus sp. aff. marmoratus
Triportheus signatus
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
- Evers, Hans-Georg: "Nachhaltiges aus Brasilien"
(Amazonas Januar / Februar 2018)
- Starks, Edwin Chapin, 1913 "The Fishes of the Stanford Expedition to Brazil" (Leland Stanford Junior University Publications University Series)
- Silva, M.J.; Ramos, T.P.A.; Carvalho, F.R.; Brito, M.F.G.; ramos, R.T.C.; Rosa, R.S.; Sánchez-Botero, J.I.; Novaes, J.L.C.; Costa, R.S. & Lima, S.M.Q., 2020 "Freshwater fish richness baseline from the São Francisco Interbasin Water Transfer Project in the Brazilian Semiarid" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 18 No. 4)
- 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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