Panaqolus maccus (L 162 / LDA 22)
Schaefer & Stewart, 1993
maccus (gr.) = narren
Synonyms
Clown Panaque
Clown Pleco
Venezolanischer Clown-Pleco
Clown Pleco
Venezolanischer Clown-Pleco
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Standard length (documented)
84.8 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
25 - 30 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
Type of water
White water
Nutrition (mostly): wood-eater
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males: slim waist, strong odontodes
from genus: Standard
several
present
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
short filament upper
short filament lower
II / 7 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
short filament upper
short filament lower
II / 7 rays
Filamente(ansätze) auch bei adulten vorhanden!
Sympatric with
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
16/April/2014
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.744
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.146
- Das Aquarium 9/95 S.16
- Das Aquarium 9/96 S.25
- Tanke, Andreas: "Ein erster Überblick über eine beliebte Harnischwelsgattung"
(DATZ 7/2013 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Schaefer, Scott A. & Stewart, Donald J., 1993 "Systematics of the Panaque dentex species group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), wood-eating armored catfishes from tropical South America" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol 4 No. 4, P. 335)
- Cramer, C.A., 2014 "Redescription of Panaqolus purusiensis (LaMonte, 1935) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with identification key to the species of the genus" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol 12 No. 1, P. 69)
- Cramer & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2015 "A new species of Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Madeira basin with remarkable intraspecific color variation" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 13 No. 3, P. 469)
- Cramer, C.A. & de Sousa, L.M., 2016 "A New Species of Tiger Pleco Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Xingu Basin, Brazil" (PLOS one, P. 16)
- Zamudio, J.; Urbano-Bonilla,A.; Preciado-Silva,V.; Rodríguez- Cubillos,D. & Herrera-Collazos,E.E., 2017 "Ichthyofauna of piedmont and savannah environments in the Casanare River drainage, Orinoco Basin, Colombia" (Biota Colombiana, Vol. 18 No. 2, P. 199)
- Lujan, N.K.; Cramer, C.A.; Covain, R., Fisch-Muller, S. & López-Fernández, H, 2017 "Multilocus molecular phylogeny of the ornamental wood-eating catfishes (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Panaqolus and Panaque) reveals undescribed diversity and parapatric clades" (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 109, P. 332)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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