Zonancistrus brachyurus/Dekeyseria picta (L 168)
Kner, 1854
(Type species)
brachy (gr.) = kurz, klein
Synonyms
Ancistrus pictus
Dekeyseria picta
Peckoltia brachyurus
Peckoltia picta
Brazil Butterfly
Flounder Pleco
Gebänderter Zwergharnischwels
Negro Butterfly
Peckoltia sp. "Butterfly"
Schmetterlingsharnischwels
Zonancistrus pictus
Zonancistrus cf. pictus "L 52"
Dekeyseria picta
Peckoltia brachyurus
Peckoltia picta
Brazil Butterfly
Flounder Pleco
Gebänderter Zwergharnischwels
Negro Butterfly
Peckoltia sp. "Butterfly"
Schmetterlingsharnischwels
Zonancistrus pictus
Zonancistrus cf. pictus "L 52"
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
131.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
4.5 - 6.5
Type of water
Clear water, Black water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
pleco chips, frozen food: white and black moscito larvas
pleco chips, frozen food: white and black moscito larvas
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Males have significantly longer odontodes. The females have a wider waist. See pictures in second row for male, in third row for female.
approx. 1.75 years
Cleaves
from
to
Quantity
110
Temp.
28
28
pH
4.65
6.00
GH
1
1
KH
1
1
NO³
15
50
Cond.
104
295
present
I - II / (3 -) 4 - 5 rays
14 soft rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
dark stripes/ribbons
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I - II / (3 -) 4 - 5 rays
14 soft rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
dark stripes/ribbons
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
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
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. 383
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.397
- Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse" edition: 1 (2008) P.196/197
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.149
- DATZ 7/1994
- amazonas 5/2009
- Seidel, Ingo: "Zonancistrus sp. "L 52""
(DATZ 6/2009) - Kinlechner, Elko: "Zonancistrus brachyurus – Schmetterlinge im Aquarium"
(Amazonas November/Dezember 2009 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Deters, Olaf: "Zwergbuntbarsche vom Feinsten - die Zierfischzucht Wilhelm"
(Amazonas März/April 2010 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Stawikowski, Rainer: "Der Atabapo fließt in Ostwestfalen"
(DATZ 9/2016 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Katzschmann, Anja & Behr, Norman: "Dekeyseria picta – alte Bekannte mit neuem Namen"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April/Mai 2021)
- Kner, R., 1854 "Die Hypostomiden - Zweite Hauptgruppe der Familie der Panzerfische (Loricata vel. Goniodontes)" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 7, P. 279)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 234)
- Armbruster, J.W.; Werneke, D.C. & Tan, M., 2015 "Three new species of saddled loricariid catfishes, and a review of Hemiancistrus, Peckoltia, and allied genera (Siluriformes)" (ZooKeys, Vol. 480, P. 99)
- Kinlechner, Elko, 2015 "Zonancistrus brachyurus (L 168) – Haltung und Vermehrung"
- 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. 83)
- Silva, R.R. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 2018 "Redescription of Dekeyseria picta (Siluriformes; Loricariidae), a poorly known ancistrin from the Amazon and Orinoco Basins" (abstract) (Journal of Fish Biology)
- Krings, W.; Konn‑Vetterlein, D.; Hausdorf, B. & Gorb, S.N., 2023 "Holding in the stream: convergent evolution of suckermouth structures in Loricariidae (Siluriformes)" (Frontiers in Zoology, Vol. 20 No. 1, P. 37)
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