Ancistrus alga
Cope, 1872
Synonyms
Ancistrus tectirostris
Chaetostomus alga
Chaetostomus tectirostris
Chaetostomus alga
Chaetostomus tectirostris
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
160.9 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Orellana, Pastaza, Sucumbíos, Loreto
Ecuador, Peru
rio Nashiño → río Curaray | río Aguarico | río Yasuni | río Tiputini ⇒ río Napo → Amazonas → Atlantic NE
˜[ -3.351,-71.985 ]
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: The males have more and longer tentacle on the head. Often females have only short tentacle/stublles anlong the mouth.
from genus: Standard
unknown
Sympatric with
Acanthodoras spinosissimus
Curimatella alburna
Erythrinus erythrinus
Gymnotus carapo
Hoplias malabaricus
Curimatella alburna
Erythrinus erythrinus
Gymnotus carapo
Hoplias malabaricus
Hyphessobrycon copelandi
Hypselecara temporalis
Parauchenipterus galeatus
Pimelodella sp.
Hypselecara temporalis
Parauchenipterus galeatus
Pimelodella sp.
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 376
- Cope. E.D., 1871 "On the Fishes of the Ambyiacu River" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 23, P. 287)
- 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. 66)
- Galacatos, K.; Barriga, R. & Stewart, D.J., 2004 "Seasonal and Habitat Influences on Fish Communities within the Lower Yasuni River Basin of the Ecuadorian Amazon" (Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 71 No. 1, P. 41)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 221)
- Provenzano, F.R. & Barriga-Salazar, 2018 "Species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from Ecuador, with the description of a new species from the Amazon River Basin" (abstract) (Zootaxa, Vol. 4527 No. 2, P. 217)
- A new species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Tapajós and Xingu basins, Brazil, 2022 "Neuhaus, E.B.; Britto, M.R.; Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sousa, L.M." (Neotropical Ichthylogy, Vol. 20 No. 1)
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