Hypostomus sp. "L 222"

Hypostomus sp. "L 222"
 
Family
Loricariidae
 
Subfamily
Hypostominae
 
Tribe
Hypostomini
 
Genus
Hypostomus
Synonyms
Hochflossen-Schilderwels
Length (total)
> 30 cm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
rio Parú

Pará (BRA)

Brazil

Amazonas

˜[ -1.273,-53.059 ]
Map to Hypostomus sp. "L 222"
Type of water
Clear water
 
Hypostomus - overview of habitats
Water values South America
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
 
Hypostomus - Overview of the natural diet
Eats plants
yes
Type of keeping
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have longer fins
 
To distinguish the sexes
Caves
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
 
 
 
Hypostomus - overview of fins
für die Gattung auffällig hohe Rückenflosse
Sympatric with
Chaetostoma sp. "L 415"
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
 
Hypostomus - on last evaluated german stock lists
  • I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2"  edition: 1 (2005) P.1086
  • A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse"  edition: 1 (2005) P.197
  • Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse"  edition: 1 (2008) P.124
Pic. 2: Hypostomus sp. "L 222"
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2
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