Hypancistrus zebra (L 98)
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1991
Synonyms
critical endangered
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Standard length (documented)
64.1 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
15 years
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
vegetables, pleco chips, frozen food: white and black moscito larvas
vegetables, pleco chips, frozen food: white and black moscito larvas
Eats plants
ggf. als Juvenile
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Animal care
Males have wider head, females have a wider waist
from genus: Standard
multiple
Export of this especie is banned in Brazil since December 2004.
Early 2010 the Brazil government decided to implement the dam on the Rio Xingu. Thus, the natural habitat of this species is endangered.
Hypancistrus zebra and the positive list of Brazil
Early 2010 the Brazil government decided to implement the dam on the Rio Xingu. Thus, the natural habitat of this species is endangered.
Hypancistrus zebra and the positive list of Brazil
Sympatric with
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
05/October/2010
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.618
- Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse" edition: 1 (2008) P.117
- Seidel, Ingo "Hypancistrus Fibel" edition: 1 (2010) P.56 - 57
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.96
- Falk, Astrid: "Es geht auch anders"
(DATZ 11/2008) - Kinlechner, Elko: "Arbeitsgruppe L-Welse"
(Mitteilungen des VDA Arbeitskreis Barben-Salmler-Schmerlen-Welse 4/2008) - Beye, Uwe: "Diskus und Hypancistrus zebra – Eine Reportage über eine erfolgreiche Vergesellschaftung"
(Aquarium live Juni/Juli 2009) - Seidel, Ingo: "Erhaltungszucht von Harnischwelsen im Aquarium"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Juni/Juli 2009) - Andresen, Håvard Støre: "Aquascaping für Harnischwelse"
(Amazonas November/Dezember 2009 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Redaktion Amazonas: "Staudammprojekt freigegeben"
(Amazonas Mai/Juni 2010 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Das 'my-fish-Aquaristik-Survive-Projekt'"
(DATZ 4/2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Perez, Mark Sabaj: "Neuigkeiten vom Rio Xingu"
(Amazonas Januar / Februar 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Haagensen, Haakon: "Chaos in Schwarz-Weiß"
(Amazonas November / Dezember 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Evers, Hans-Georg: "Harnischwelse aus Asien"
(Amazonas September/Oktober 2014 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Nach Belo Monte geht am Rio Xingu die Sonne auf"
(Amazonas Januar/Februar 2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Zwischen Salmlern und Welsen am Grunde des Rio Xingu"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember 2015 / Januar 2016) - Tuccinardi, Michael J.: "Abschied vom Rio Xingu"
(Amazonas Juli / August 2016 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Wurmlinien-Hypancistrus aus dem Rio Xingu – erstmals genau untersucht"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Oktober/November 2016) - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Changes in the Brazilian fish export ban and how affects you"
(Journal of the Catfish Study Group 3/2016)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H. & Nijssen, H., 1991 "Hypancistrus zebra, an uniquely pigmented new genus and species of ancistrine loricariid fish from the Rio Xingu, Brazil (Pisces : Siluriformes : Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 1 No. 4, P. 345)
- da Silva Viana & da Rocha, 2012 "Utilização da Microscopia Eletrônica Transmissão para a Descrição da Gametogênese de Acari Zebra (Hypacistrus zebra, Isbrucker & Nissen, 1991) do Rio Xingu, Pará, Brasil"
- Ramos, F.M.; Recuero, L.B.; Silva, T.V.N.; Fujimoto, R.Y.; Lee, J.T. & Torres, M.F., 2013 "Shelter selection in the Amazonian zebra pleco, Hypancistrus zebra Isbru¨ cker & Nijissen, 1991 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): requirements in rearing conditions" (Applied Ichthyology, Vol. 29, P. 927)
- Ramos, F.M. et. al., 2014 "Growth performance of the zebra pleco (Hypancistrus zebra) with different food sources."
- Paixao, P.E.G. et. al., 2014 "Preferência Alimentar do Hypancistrus zebra e do Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus (Loricaridae)"
- Pedersen, Matt & Amazonas, 2016 "A Smuggler’s Favorite, the Zebra Pleco 'L46' Receives CITES Listing" (Reef2rainforest)
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 346)
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