Pseudohemiodon apithanos
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1978
apithanos (gr.) = incredible, in an allusion of color and pattern
Synonyms
Pseudohemiodon apithanos "real"
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
145.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
6.5 - 7.5
Type of water
Clear water, White water
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sand
necessary
female have a round genital papilla and the bone plates are arranged in a circle around this, Males: both are more pointed
lip breeder
yes
from
to
Quantity
Temp.
27
27
pH
GH
KH
6
NO³
Cond.
150
300
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- 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
- Seidel, Ingo: "Über spektakuläre neue Hexenwelse und Neuigkeiten von dieser Fischgruppe"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin August / September 2016) - Pfeiffer, Tatjana: "Pseudohemiodon apithanos 'real' erstmals nachgezogen"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember/Januar 2017) - Behr, Norman & Katzschmann, Anja: "Die Farben des Chamäleons"
(Amazonas November / Dezember 2018)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H. & Nijssen, H., 1978 "Two new species and a new genus of neotropical mailed catfishes of the subfamily Loricariinae Swainson, 1838 (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Beaufortia, Vo. 27 No. 339, P. 188)
- 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)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 288)
- (Erst-?) Nachzucht von Pseudohemiodon apithanos (real)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
1, 2
T. Pfeiffer
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
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