Peckoltichthys ucayalensis

Fowler, 1949
Peckoltichthys ucayalensis
nach Rio Ucayali
 
Family
 
Subfamily
 
Tribe
Synonyms
Hemiancistrus arenarius
Hemiancistrus ucayalensis
Sophinancistrus ucayalensis
Ucayali-Flachstirnharnischwels
Length (total)
approx.  15 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0

Ucayali, Loreto

Peru

Amazonas

[ -7.353,-75.010 ]
Map to Peckoltichthys ucayalensis
Type of water
White water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Can breathe atmospheric
yes
from genus: Kopfform beachten!
Zoo Basel
 
 
 
Caves of deadwood?
not known
  • I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2"  edition: 1 (2005) P.456,688
  • A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse"  edition: 1 (2005) P.140
  • Das Aquarium 3/97 S.8
Pic. 2: Peckoltichthys ucayalensis
Pic. 3: Peckoltichthys ucayalensis
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Leandro Sousa (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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