Pseudohemiodon unillano

Rojas-Molina, Provenzano-Rizzi & Ramírez-Gil, 2019
Pseudohemiodon unillano, paratype, IAvH-P 19088, 183.2 mm SL. Coloration in live specimen
uni (lat.) = one, unique, llano (span.) - plain terrain; with respect to the origin, the Llanos
 
Family
Loricariidae
 
Subfamily
Loricariinae
 
Tribe
Loricariini
 
Group
Pseudohemiodon
 
Genus
Pseudohemiodon
Synonyms
unknown
IUCN Red List:
least concern
Length (total)
approx.  30 cm
Standard length (documented)
277.1 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
25 - 31 °C
pH
6.7 - 8.6
Conductivity
117 - 387 µS/cm
Oxygen
0.9 - 8.8 mg/L
río Guayuriba near Villavicencio, río Apure, caño Água Limón, río Boconó, río Cravo Sur, río Cusiana, caño Guanapalo, río Portuguesa, río Tocaria, río Caparo, ➀ río Caura, río Cuchivero, río Guanipa, río Guariquito, río Masparro, río Salinas

Meta, Casanare, Arauca, Apure, Barinas, Portuguesa

Colombia, Venezuela

río Cuiloto → río Cravo Norte → río Casanare | río Cravo Sur | río Metica ⇒ río Meta | (río Guanare | río Pao ⇒ río Portuguesa | brazo Toro Pintado → río Bejuquero → río Suripá → río Apure) | río Apurito ⇒ río Orinoco ⇒ Caribic

[ 3.916,-73.100 ]
Map to Pseudohemiodon unillano
Substrate
sand, clay
 
Pseudohemiodon - overview of habitats
Water values South America
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Type of keeping
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
lip breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
 
 
 
Adipose fin
Anal fin
Caudal fin


Dorsal fin

Pectoral fins
Pelvic fins
absent
I / 5 rays
10 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
long filament upper
I / 7 rays
straight
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
 
Pseudohemiodon - overview of fins
Similar catfishes
Crossoloricaria venezuelae
Sympatric with
Chaetostoma formosae (L 444)
Farlowella mariaelenae
Imparfinis pseudonemacheir
Lamontichthys llanero
Phenacorhamdia anisura
Phenacorhamdia taphorni
Spatuloricaria terracanticum
Apteronotus albifrons
Apteronotus galvisi
Characidium boavistae
Creagrutus taphorni
Gephyrocharax valencia
Hemibrycon metae
Laemolyta taeniata
Leporinus striatus
Sternarchorhynchus roseni
not known
 
Pseudohemiodon - on last evaluated german stock lists
Pic. 2: Pseudohemiodon unillano, paratype, IAvH-P 19088, 183.2 mm SL. Coloration in live specimen
Pic. 3: Pseudohemiodon unillano, new species, holotype, IAvH-P 19034, 162.0 mm SL
Pic. 4: 2 Pseudohemiodon unillano, paratype, IAvH-P 19088, 183.2 mm SL. Detail of mouth in live specimen
Pic. 5: Detail of buccal ornamentation. a. Pseudohemiodon unillano, paratype, MBUCV-V-20148, 166.9 mm SL; b. Crossoloricaria venezuelae, MBUCV-V-2175, 57.8 mm SL
Many thanks to
for the pictures
A. Ortega-Lara (CC BY 4.0)
1, 2, 4
J. Lopez-Castaño (CC BY 4.0)
3
Y.A. Rojas-Molina, F. Provenzano-Rizzi & H. Ramírez-Gil (CC BY 4.0)
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