Synonyms
has Hypostomus winzi
Hypostomus tenuicauda
Plecostomus tenuicauda
Plecostomus winzi
Squaliforma tenuicauda
Hypostomus tenuicauda
Plecostomus tenuicauda
Plecostomus winzi
Squaliforma tenuicauda
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 60 cm
Standard length (documented)
516.9 mm
Recommended tank size
300 cm
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: odontodes at the end of pectoralspins
unknown
 
present
I / 4 rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
dark dots
I / 7 rays
I / 4 rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
dark dots
I / 7 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. 368
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1878 "Zur Fisch-Fauna des Magdalenen-Stromes" (Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 15, P. 90)
- Fowler, H.W., 1945 "Descriptions of two new fresh-water fishes from Colombia" (The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 158, P. 9)
- 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. 35)
- Armbruster, J.W., 2004 "Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae" (abstract) (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, P. 80)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 298)
- Ray, C.K., 2010 "Redescription and Morphometric Analysis of Isorineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)"
- Ray, C.K. & Armbruster, J.W., 2016 "The genera Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with description of a new species" (Zootaxa 4072/5 )
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 82)
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for the pictures
Steindachner, Franz (1879) (PD)
1, 2, 3, 4
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