Microlepidogaster perforatus
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
(Type species)
Synonyms
Microlepidogaster perforata
Otocinclus perforatus
Otocinclus perforatus
critical endangered
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Standard length (documented)
33.7 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
23 - 26 °C
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
unknown
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.374 - 375
- Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann R.S., 1889 "Description of New Nematognathoid Fishes From Brazil" (The West-American scientist, Vol. 6 No. 42, P. 9)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 269)
- Calegari, B.B. & Reis, R.E., 2010 "A new species of Microlepidogaster (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 8 No. 3)
- Martins, F.O.; Calegari, B.B. & Langeani, F., 2013 "Microlepidogaster arachas, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3608 No. 5, P. 379)
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 364)
- Dagosta,F.C; Monção,M.S; Nagamatsu,B.A; Pavanelli,C.S; Carvalho,F.R; Lima,F,C.T; Langeani,F; Dutra,G.M; Ota, R.R; Seren,T.J; Tagliacollo,V; Menezes, N.A; Britski,H.A & Pinna M, 2024 "Fishes of the upper rio Paraná basin: diversity, biogeography and conservation" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 22 No. 1)
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for the pictures
Bárbara B. Calegari (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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28.09.2025