dedicated Moritz Alphons Stübel, Dresden - collector of the type material
Synonyms
Trompo-shitari
Length (total)
approx. 22 cm
Standard length (documented)
190.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: note lips
lip breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
 
absent
I / 5 rays
incised / concave, pointed
filament upper
I / 8 rays
slightly convex
6 soft rays
I / 5 rays
incised / concave, pointed
filament upper
I / 8 rays
slightly convex
6 soft rays
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 339
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1882 "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flussfische Südamerikas IV." (Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 19, P. 176)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1979 "Descriptions préliminaries de nouveaux taxa de la famille des Loricariidae, poissons-chats cuirassés néotropicaux, avec un catalogue critique de la sous-famille nominale (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie, Vol. 5 No. 4, P. 113)
- 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. 129)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1981 "Revision of Loricaria Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Beaufortia, Vol. 31 No. 3, P. 89)
- Zarske, A., 2003 "Geschichtliche Entwicklung und vorläufige, kritisch kommentierte Typusliste der ichthyologischen Sammlung der Staatlichen Naturhistorischen Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Tierkunde" (Zoologische Abhandlungen, Vol.53, P. 25)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 112)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Steindachner, Franz (PD)
1, 2
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