Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps/Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps (L 165)
Kner, 1854
Synonyms
Ancistrus gibbiceps
Liposarcus altipinnis
Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps
Leopard sailfin
Wabenschilderwels
Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps "albino"
Liposarcus altipinnis
Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps
Leopard sailfin
Wabenschilderwels
Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps "albino"
Temperature
25 - 30 °C
pH
4.0 - 8.0
Type of water
Clear water, White water, Black water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have greater (dorsal) fins and a wider head, posibly females have a wider wais
Catfish Atlas 2
present
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
honeycomb/network
I / 12 - 13 rays
convex
honeycomb/network
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
honeycomb/network
I / 12 - 13 rays
convex
honeycomb/network
Honeycomb-shaped drawing
[Pterygoplichthys xinguensis (L 83) net-like worm lines]
[Pterygoplichthys xinguensis (L 83) net-like worm lines]
On the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1147
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.148
- Das Aquarium 3/96 S.2 - 4
- Seidel, Ingo & Evers, Hans-Georg: "Wieder vereinzelte Importe des Blauaugen-Panaque"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember 2008 / Januar 2009) - Wawrzynski, Reinhold: "Weder 'Sonnenwels' noch 'lichtscheuer Geselle'"
(DATZ 11/2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Lepperhoff, Lars: "Der Traum von paradiesischen Wassergärten"
(DATZ 01/2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Lechner, Walter: "Mit Diskusfischernam Rio Purus"
(DATZ September 2020)
- Kner, R., 1854 "Die Hypostomiden. Zweite Hauptgruppe der Familie der Panzerfische" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 7, P. 284)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 227)
- Stawikowski, Rainer, 1994 "Segelschilderwelse" (DATZ, 6, P. 346)
- Armbruster, Jonathan W. & Page, Lawrence M. , 2006 "Redescription of Pterygoplichthys punctatus and description of a new species of Pterygoplichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 4 No. 4)
- Elko Kinlechner, 2017 "Pterygoplichthys / Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps, Pterygoplichthys / Glyptoperichthys xinguensis, L165, L83, … – Wer ist wer?"
- Orfinger, A.B. & Goodding, D.D., 2018 "The Global Invasion of the Suckermouth Armored Catfish Genus Pterygoplichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): Annotated List of Species, Distributional Summary, and Assessment of Impacts" (Zoological Studies, Vol 57 No. 7)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Janette Richter
1, 2, 3, 4
D. Sal.
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