Ossancora eigenmanni
Boulenger, 1895
Length (total)
approx. 13 cm
Standard length (documented)
86.2 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
20 - 27 °C
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
snails (Gastropoda), detritus, Trichoptera (Trichoptera) (larvae), Milben (Acari), Copepods (Copepoda), ostracods (Ostracoden), diptera (Diptera), insects, water fleas (Cladocera), vegetable fibers, ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera) (larvae), Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera)
Eats plants
not known
Sand
necessary
unknown
present
incised / concave
round down, pointed above
little longer at the top than at the bottom
incised / concave
round down, pointed above
little longer at the top than at the bottom
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
11/April/2018
- Azpelicueta, M.de las M. & Garcia, J.O., 1994 "Two new records of Siluriformes from Paraná River (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes)" (Revista de la Asociatión de Ciencias Naturales del litoral) P. 30
- 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)
- Boulenger, G.A., 1895 "Fishes from Matto Grosso and Paraguay" (Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 4, P. 524)
- 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. 130)
- Birindelli, José L.O., 2014 "Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 3, P. 538)
- Garcia, D.A.Z.; Vidotto-Magnoni, A.P. & Orsi, M.L., 2018 "Diet and feeding ecology of non-native fishes in lentic and lotic freshwater habitats" (Aquatic Invasions, Vol. 13 No. 4, P. 565)
- Ota, R.R.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Graça, W.J. da & Pavanelli, C.S., 2018 "Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 16 No. 2, P. 65)
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Leandro Sousa (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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