Ancistrus kellerae
Souza, Taphorn & Armbruster, 2019
dedicated Connie Kelly (Chair of the Board of
Trustees for the Field Museum)
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Standard length (documented)
69.9 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Type of water
Clear water
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
present
I / (3 -) 4 rays
14 soft rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
fin edging: yellow
II / 7 rays
fin edge: yellow
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / (3 -) 4 rays
14 soft rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
fin edging: yellow
II / 7 rays
fin edge: yellow
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Seidel, Ingo: "Welswelten – Wissenswertes, Neues und Ungewöhnliches"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April/Mai 2019)
- Souza, L.S. de; Taphorn, D.C. & Armbruster, J.W., 2019 "Review of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the northwestern Guiana Shield, Orinoco Andes, and adjacent basins with description of six new species" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4552 No. 1)
- Walter Willems, 2019 "Entdeckte Welsarten sehen erschreckend aus - "Sie sind Krieger"" (n-tv.de)
- 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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28.09.2025