Leporacanthicus joselimai (L 264)
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989
dedicated Prof. José Lima
Synonyms
Acari Onça
Cascudo Onça
Grey Vampire Pleco
Snow Leopard Pleco
Sultan Pleco
Weißspitzen-Rüsselzahnwels
Cascudo Onça
Grey Vampire Pleco
Snow Leopard Pleco
Sultan Pleco
Weißspitzen-Rüsselzahnwels
vulnerable
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
98.2 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.0 - 7.5
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males: slender, head longer and wider, genital papilla pointed and slender
from genus: Standard
multiple
from
to
Quantity
21
Temp.
pH
6.50
7.00
GH
8
8
KH
NO³
50
50
Cond.
present
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
straight to slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
fin edges: white
I / 8 rays
fin edge: white
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
straight to slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
fin edges: white
I / 8 rays
fin edge: white
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
On the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- Weidner, T. & Dotzer, P., 2002 "Leporacanthicus joselimai - Der Weißspitzen-Rüsselzahnwels im Aquarium - seine Pflege und Vermehrung" (Das Aquarium) P. 16
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.44
- Seidel, Ingo "Ingos Harnischwelszucht" edition: 1 (2010) P.166
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.231
- Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Changes in the Brazilian fish export ban and how affects you"
(Journal of the Catfish Study Group 3/2016) - Seidel, Ingo: "Curuá-Una-Rüsselzahnwels (Leporacanthicus sp. ‚L 314‘)"
(aquaristik 2/2017)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H. & Nijssen, H., 1989 "Diagnose dreier neuer Harnischwelsgattungen mit fünf neuen Arten aus Brasilien" (DATZ, Okt. 1989, P. 541)
- Stawikowski,Rainer, 1998 "Loricariiden aus dem Rio Tapajos" (DATZ, 1998-7)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 266)
- Seidel, Ingo, 2012 "Hübsche Weißspitzen-Rüsselzahnwelse aus Brasilien (Leporacanthicus joselimai (L 264))" (aqua-global Newsletter)
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 356)
- Schäfer, F. "Rüsselzahnwelse aus dem Rio Tapajós: L263 und L264" (Newsletter Fa. Glaser)
- PCF
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