Hypostomus fuscomaculatus (L 233 / LDA 9)

Hypostomus fuscomaculatus (L 233 / LDA 9)
 
Family
Loricariidae
 
Subfamily
Hypostominae
 
Tribe
Hypostomini
 
Genus
Hypostomus
Synonyms
Hypostomus cf. hermanni
Augenflecken-Schilderwels
Length (total)
> 30 cm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
20 - 28 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
represa da Manso, Pantanal, upper ➀ río Paraguay = rio Paraguai basin

Mato Grosso

Brazil

Río Paraguay ➙ río Paraná ➙ río de la Plata

˜[ -14.880,-55.783 ]
Map to Hypostomus fuscomaculatus (L 233 / LDA 9)
 
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
not identical with Hypostomus sp. "L 224" and Hypostomus mutucae
Similar catfishes
Hypostomus mutucae
Hypostomus cf. luetkeni "LDA 35"
Hypostomus hermanni (identical?)
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
last seen on a
german stock list
26/August/2012
 
Hypostomus - on last evaluated german stock lists
  • Steve Grant, 2020 "Hypostomus L233 possibly identified" (Journal of the Catfish Study Group) P. 20
  • I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2"  edition: 1 (2005) P.1088
  • A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse"  edition: 1 (2005) P.202
  • Das Aquarium 3/93 S.7
Pic. 2: Hypostomus fuscomaculatus (L 233 / LDA 9)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Michael Böttner
1, 2
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