Lithoxancistrus orinoco (L 126)
Isbrücker, Nijssen & Cala, 1988
(Type species)
according to the origin Río Orinoco
Synonyms
Pseudancistrus orinoco
Orinoko-Flachkopfharnischwels
Orinoko-Flachkopfharnischwels
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Standard length (documented)
76.1 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
26 - 29 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.0
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males: wider head, in the spawning season with bristle ring
unknown
present
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
06/June/2012
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.882
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.120
- Das Aquarium 9/95 S.18
- Isbrücker, I. J. H.; Nijssen, H. & Cala, P., 1988 "Lithoxancistrus orinoco, nouveau genre et espèce de poisson-chat cuirassé du Rio Orinoco en Colombie (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie, Vol. 15 No. 1, P. 13)
- Lucus, Peter, 1993 "Harnischwelse aus Venezuela" (DATZ, 5)
- Armbruster, J.W., 2004 "Pseudancistrus sidereus, a new species from southern Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a redescription of Pseudancistrus" (Zootaxa, Vol. 628, P. 5)
- Willink, P.W.; Mol, J.H. & Chernoff, B., 2010 "A new species of suckermouth armored catfish, Pseudancistrus kwinti (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Coppename River drainage, Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname" (abstract) (Zootaxa, Vol. 2332, P. 41)
- Costa e Silva, G. de S.; Roxo, F.F.; Britzke, R. & Oliveira, C., 2014 "New species of the Pseudancistrus barbatus group (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) with comments on its biogeography and dispersal routes" (ZooKeys, Vol. 406, P. 11)
- Mojica,J.I.& Agudelo-Zamora, H.D., 2018 "Historical review, catalog of type specimens and online database of the ichthyology collection of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (ICN-MHN)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4478 No. 1, P. 33)
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