Baryancistrus demantoides (L 200)
Werneke, Sabaj, Lujan & Armbruster, 2005
Genus uncertain (inc. sed.)
Demantoid - a green Andradit garnet
Synonyms
Gelber Phantomwels
Green Phantom Pleco
L200a
Green Phantom Pleco
L200a
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
150.5 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Type of water
Clear water
Substrate
rocks
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
algae
periphyton (Periphyton)
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Note head and the first ray of the pectoral fin
from genus: Standard
in USA?
present
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
II / 7 rays
Membrane behind dorsal fin
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
II / 7 rays
Membrane behind dorsal fin
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
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.700
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.181
- Schäfer, Frank: "L 18, L 85, L 177 ('Golden Nugget') sowie L 47 ('Magnum Pleco')"
(DATZ 9/2011 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Neue Erkenntnisse zu den Verwandtschaftsverhältnissen der Hypostominae"
(Amazonas Mai/Juni 2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Haagensen, Haakon & Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Ein weiterer Phantomwels aus Kolumbien"
(DATZ 07/2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Stawikowski, Rainer: "Der Atabapo fließt in Ostwestfalen"
(DATZ 9/2016 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Steack, Dr. Wolfgang: "Der Fluss der Harnischwelse"
(aquaristik 4/2017)
- Werneke, D.C.; Sabaj, M.H.; Lujan, N.K. & Armbruster, J.W., 2005 "Baryancistrus demantoides and Hemiancistrus subviridis, two new uniquely colored species of catfishes from Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 3 No. 4)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 226)
- Lujan, Nathan K., Arce, Mariangeles & Armbruster, Jonathan W., 2009 "A New Black Baryancistrus with Blue Sheen from the Upper Orinoco (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Copeia, 2009(1), P. 53)
- Rapp Py-Daniel, L., Zuanon, J. & de Oliveira, R.R., 2011 "Two new ornamental loricariid catfishes of Baryancistrus from rio Xingu drainage (Siluriformes: Hypostominae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 9 No. 2, P. 241)
- 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. 669)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 79)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Mike Robson
1, 2, 3, 4
Steffen Visser
5, 6, 7
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