dedicated Dário Armin Halboth (29.06.1965 - 01.07.2003)
Synonyms
Parotocinclus halbothi
Length (total)
approx. 3 cm
Standard length (documented)
19.9 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
25 - 27 °C
pH
4.9 - 5.0
Habitat river width
~3.10 m
(Prefered) River depth
~0.56 m
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
no - small
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
unknown
 
absent
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
Sympatric with
Aequidens pallidus
Apistogramma agassizi
Apistogramma eunotus
Apistogramma regani
Bryconops caudomaculatus
Bryconops melanurus
Callichthys callichthys
Copella nigrofasciata
Apistogramma agassizi
Apistogramma eunotus
Apistogramma regani
Bryconops caudomaculatus
Bryconops melanurus
Callichthys callichthys
Copella nigrofasciata
Erythrinus erythrinus
Gymnorhamphichthys rondoni
Helogenes marmoratus
Hoplias malabaricus
Mastiglanis asopos
Pyrrhulina sp. aff. brevis
Rivulus dibaphus
Synbranchus marmoratus
Gymnorhamphichthys rondoni
Helogenes marmoratus
Hoplias malabaricus
Mastiglanis asopos
Pyrrhulina sp. aff. brevis
Rivulus dibaphus
Synbranchus marmoratus
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
- Seidel, Ingo: "Ein neuer Parotocinclus aus dem Rio Purus in Brasilien"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Juni / Juli 2014 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Lehmann, A.P.; Lazzarotto, H. & Reis, R.E., 2014 "Parotocinclus halbothi, a new species of small armored catfish (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the Trombetas and Marowijne River basins, in Brazil and Suriname" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 1)
- Roxo, F.F.; da Costa e Silva, G.S.; Orrego L.E. & Oliveira, C., 2015 "Description of a new genus and three new species of Otothyrinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (ZooKeys, No. 534, P. 103)
- Reis, R.E. & Lehmann, P.A., 2022 "A new genus of armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Greater Amazon, with a review of the species and description of five new species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, 20 No. 2)
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