Ossancora punctata
Kner, 1853
punctata - with dots; because the dark dots
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
20 - 27 °C
Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Loreto, Ucayali, Amazonas (BRA), Loreto
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru
Rio Madeira ➙ Amazonas | Río Paraná ➙ río de la Plata
˜[ -13.514,-61.886 ]
Type of water
White water, Black water
Substrate
sand, mud
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Sand
necessary
unknown
present
iv - v / 8 - 10 rays
7 + 8 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
II / 6 rays
8 (- 9) soft rays
6 soft rays
iv - v / 8 - 10 rays
7 + 8 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
II / 6 rays
8 (- 9) soft rays
6 soft rays
Sympatric with
Tetragonopterus argenteuso
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
13/September/2017
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 458
- Seidel, Ingo: "Ossancora – seltene Dornwelse aus Paraguay"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Februar/März 2015)
- Kner, 1855 "Ichthyologische Beiträge" (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Bd. 17, P. 136)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 167)
- Birindelli, J.L.O & Sabaj Perez, M.H., 2011 "Ossancora, new genus of thorny catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Doradidae) with description of one new species" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 161, P. 133)
- Seidel, Ingo, 2015 "Ein Dornwels mit fransigen Barteln" (aqua-global Newsletter, No. 35)
- Takagui, F.H.; Dias, A.L.; Birindelli, J.L.O.; Swarça, A.C.; Rosa, R. da; Lui, R.L.; Fenocchio, A.S. & Giuliano-Caetano, L., 2017 "First report of B chromosomes in three neotropical thorny catfishes (Siluriformes, Doradidae)" (Comparative Cytogenetics, Vol. 11 No. 1, P. 55)
- Vera-Alcaraz, H.S.; Rios, G. & Vuletich, J.D.E., 2017 "Confirmation of the occurrence for seven fish species in Paraguay" (IchthyologicalContributions of PecesCriollo, Vol. 49, P. 1)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 89)
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for the pictures
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Rudolph Kner (1853) (PD)
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