Hypancistrus sp. "L 287"

Hypancistrus sp. "L 287"
 
Family
Loricariidae
 
Subfamily
Hypostominae
 
Tribe
Ancistrini
 
Group
Hemiancistrus
 
Genus
Hypancistrus
Synonyms
Großer Ozelot-Harnischwels
Length (total)
approx.  14 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
➀ rio Pará = rio do Pará

Pará (BRA)

Brazil

Atlantic NE

˜[ -1.929,-50.826 ]
Map to Hypancistrus sp. "L 287"
Type of water
Clear water
 
Hypancistrus - overview of habitats
Water values South America
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
 
Hypancistrus - Overview of the natural diet
Eats plants
not known
Type of keeping
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Males have a a wider head and stronger odontodes. Females have a wider waist.
 
To distinguish the sexes
Caves
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
 
 
 
Hypancistrus - overview of fins
only a single animal whose identity can not be resolved; Later different Hypancistren were imported as L287, which are now referred to as L399 o L400.
Similar catfishes
Hypancistrus sp. "L 66"
Hypancistrus sp. "L 345"
Hypancistrus sp. "L 399"
Hypancistrus sp. "L 400"
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
 
Hypancistrus - on last evaluated german stock lists
  • Schraml, Erwin, 2004 "Alte und neue LDA-Nummern - Zur Identifikation einiger Harnischwelse" (Das Aquarium) P. 22
  • I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2"  edition: 1 (2005) P.602
  • A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse"  edition: 1 (2005) P.243
Pic. 2: Hypancistrus sp. "L 287"
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2
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