Synonyms
Coroncho
Valenciasee-Gebirgsharnischwels
Valenciasee-Gebirgsharnischwels
Length (total)
approx. 18 cm
Standard length (documented)
146.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
21 - 26 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
Type of water
Clear water
Substrate
rocks
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
nein
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Male have a more angular head and the edge of their snout is more thick
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
present
I / 4 rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 9 rays
straight
I / 4 rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 9 rays
straight
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. 382
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.442
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.169
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1920 "The Fishes of Lake Valencia, Caracas, and of the Rio Tuy at El Concejo, Venezuela" (Indiana University Studies , Vol. 7, P. 8)
- Stawikowski, Rainer, 1994 "Ancistrine Harnischwelse aus Brasilien und Venezuela" (DATZ, 1994-10, P. 619)
- Werner, André, 2006 "Harnischwelse aus dem nördlichen Venezuela" (DATZ, 2006-4, P. 28)
- Salcedo, Norma J., 2006 "Two new species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Huallaga River in central Peru" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 17 No. 3, P. 218)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 230)
- Lujan, N.K.; Meza-Vargas, V.; Astudillo-Clavijo, V. & ´López-Fernández, H., 2015 "A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes" (Copeia, Vol. 103 No. 3, P. 666)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Eigenmann, Carl H. (PD)
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