nigro (lat.) = schwarz; lineatus (lat.) = Linien
Synonyms
Chaetostomus nigrolineatus
Schwarzlinien-Harnischwels
Streifenharnischwels
Schwarzlinien-Harnischwels
Streifenharnischwels
Length (total)
approx. 60 cm
Standard length (documented)
390.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
28 years
Temperature
24 - 29 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
Type of water
Clear water, White water
Nutrition (mostly): wood-eater
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Males habe a longer and wider head
unknown
 
present
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
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 / 4 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
fin edging: yellow 
II / 7 rays
fin edge: yellow 
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
With increasing age, the animals get a bright seam of the caudal.
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.789,1139
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.172
- Das Aquarium 9/96 S.25
- Seidel, Ingo: "Panaque nigrolineatus"
(DATZ 9/2008) - Jäger, Peter: "‚Königliche‘ Welse – eine Ode an die ‚Royal Plecos‘ "
(DATZ 01/2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Welswelten – eine neue Unterart des Streifenharnischwelses"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2020)
- Peters, W., 1877 "Die von Herrn Dr. C. Sachs in Venezuela gefangenen Fische" (Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, P. 471)
- Weidner, Thomas, 1994 "Neue Loricariiden aus Venezuela" (DATZ, 1994-12, P. 755)
- Nonogaki, H.; Nelson, J.A. & Patterson, W.P., 2007 "Dietary histories of herbivorous loricariid catfishes: evidence from d13C values of otoliths" (Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 78 No. 1, P. 13)
- Lujan, Nathan K.; Hidalgo, M.H. & Stewart, D.J. , 2010 "Revision of Panaque (Panaque), with Descriptions of Three New Species from the Amazon Basin (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (abstract) (Copeia, Vol 2010 No. 4, P. 676)
- McDonald, R.; Schreier, H.J. & Watts, J.E.M., 2012 "Phylogenetic Analysis of Microbial Communities in Different Regions of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Panaque nigrolineatus, a Wood-Eating Fish" (PlosOne)
- McDonald, R.; Zhang, F.; Watts, J.E.M. & Schreier, J., 2015 "Nitrogenase diversity and activity in the gastrointestinal tract of the wood-eating catfish Panaque nigrolineatus" (ISME Journal, Vol. 9, P. 2712)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
1, 2
Rob Rensen
6, 7, 8
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