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)
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1925 "A review of the Doradidae, a family of South American Nematognathi, or catfishes" (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series), Vol. 22 No. 5, P. 343)
- Van der Stigchel, J.W.R., 1946 "The South American Nematognathi of the Museums at Leiden and Amsterdam"
- Diogo, R.; Chardon, M. & Vandewalle, P., 2004 "On the osteology and myology of the cephalic region and pectoral girdle of Franciscodoras marmoratus (Lütken 1874), comparison with other doradids, and comments on the synapomorphies and phylogenetic relationships of the Doradidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)" (Animal Biology, Vol. 54 No. 2, P. 176)
- Galvis, G.; Mojica, J.I.; Doque, S.R.; Castellanos, C.; Sánchez-Duarte, P.; Arce, M.; Gutiérrez, Á.; Jiménez, L.F.; Santos, M.; Vejarano, S.; Arbeláez, F.; Prieto, E. & Leiva,, 2006 "Peces del medio Amazonas - Región de Leticia" (Conservación Internacional, P. 244)
- 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)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
1, 2
Rudolph Kner (1853) (PD)
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