according to the origin Lago Maracaibo
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 33 cm
Standard length (documented)
285.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Locality
in pools
Substrate
mud
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: look to head and body shape and pectoral fins: male has angular head, female has wider waist
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
present
I / 4 rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed - later slightly convex
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed - later slightly convex
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
in undescribed genus LG 13
not known
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- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 51)
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- 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)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 243)
- 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. 99)
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