Hypancistrus yudja (L 174)
Sousa, Sousa, Ribeiro, Sabaj, Zuanon & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2025
dedicated Yudjá = Juruna (indigenous tribe)
Synonyms
acari-marrom
Acari-zebra-marrom
false zebra pleco
Ozelot pleco
Peruvian Panther pleco
zebra-marrom
Ozelot-Zwergharnischwels
Acari-zebra-marrom
false zebra pleco
Ozelot pleco
Peruvian Panther pleco
zebra-marrom
Ozelot-Zwergharnischwels
critical endangered
Length (total)
approx. 8 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Males have a a wider head and stronger odontodes. Females have a wider waist.
from genus: Standard
multiple
from
to
Quantity
3
Temp.
24
24
pH
5.50
7.00
GH
1
1
KH
1
1
NO³
Cond.
207
207
Sympatric with
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.588
- Seidel, Ingo "Hypancistrus Fibel" edition: 1 (2010) P.32 - 33
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.156
- Perez, Mark Sabaj: "Neuigkeiten vom Rio Xingu"
(Amazonas Januar / Februar 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Preuss, Melanie: "Ein kleiner Erfahrungsbericht zum Ozelot-Harnischwels – Hypancistrus sp. L 174"
(BSSW-Report 1/2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Haagensen, Haakon: "Chaos in Schwarz-Weiß"
(Amazonas November / Dezember 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Nach Belo Monte geht am Rio Xingu die Sonne auf"
(Amazonas Januar/Februar 2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Welswelten – Wissenswertes, Neues und Ungewöhnliches"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Februar / März 2018) - Seidel, Ingo: "Harnischwels-Zwerge – Loricariiden für kleine Aquarien"
(DATZ Dezember 2018)
- Sousa, L.M.de ; Sousa, E.B.de ; O.R., R.de ; Sabaj, M.H. ; Zuanon, J. & Py-Daniel, L.R. , 2025 "Two new species of Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Xingu, Amazon, Brazil" (Neotropical ichthyology, Vol. 22 No. 1)
- Stawikowski, Rainer, 1994 "Harnischwelse aus dem Xingú und den Negro" (DATZ, 8, P. 534)
- 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)
- Kerniske, F.F.; Dalcin, R.H.; Sousa, L.M. & Artoni, R.F., 2025 "Geometric morphometrics reveal a potential hybridization zone in endemic species of Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the lower and middle rio Xingu" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 23 No. 2)
- PCF Ekström
- PCF
- Piranha-Info
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Reiner Fuchs
1, 2, 3
Hans-Georg Evers
4
T. Pfeiffer
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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