Pseudohemiodon amazonum
Delsman, 1941
Synonyms
Loricaria apeltogaster amazonum
Pseudohemiodon amazonus
Pseudohemiodon amazonus
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Standard length (documented)
92.0 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
lip breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
absent
I / 4 rays
long filament upper
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
long filament upper
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 340
- Delsman, N.C. , 1941 "Résultats scientifiques des croisières du Navire-école Belge "Mercator" III" (Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, Ser. 2 No. 2, P. 80)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 121)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1981 "Revision of Loricaria Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Beaufortia, Vol. 31 No. 3, P. 87)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 155)
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