Chaetostoma lexa
Salcedo, 2013
In Anerkennung von Alexandra Keane, Politwissenschaftlerin
Synonyms
Loraxichthys lexa
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Standard length (documented)
48.9 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
High above sea level
725 - 780 m
Habitat river width
< 46.00 m
(Prefered) River depth
< 1.20 m
Locality
in a cave
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
small - strong
Substrate
gravel, sand, rocks
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Male have a more angular head and the edge of their snout is more thick
from genus: Standard
unknown
absent
(1 -) 2 (- 3) soft rays
(13 -) 14 soft rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 9 (- 10) rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
(1 -) 2 (- 3) soft rays
(13 -) 14 soft rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 9 (- 10) rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
not known
- Salcedo, Norma J., 2013 "Description of Loraxichthys lexa, new genus and species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Río Huallaga Basin, central Peru, with notes on the morphology of the enigmatic Lipopterichthys carrioni Norman, 1935" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3640 No. 4, P. 557)
- Lujan, N.K.; Meza-Vargas, V.; Astudillo-Clavijo, V. & ´López-Fernández, H., 2015 "A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes" (Copeia, Vol. 103 No. 3, P. 664)
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