Hypostomus agna
Mirubda Ribeiro, 1907
ãgnã (bra.) = on
Synonyms
Plecostomus agna
Anhá (BRA)
Iporanga-Schilderwels
Plecostomus ãgnã
Anhá (BRA)
Iporanga-Schilderwels
Plecostomus ãgnã
Length (total)
approx. 32 cm
Standard length (documented)
269.3 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
16 - 23 °C
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have longer fins
from genus: Standard
unknown
I / 7 rays
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
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 355
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1024
- Lechner, Walter: "Aquaristisch neue Welse aus São Paulo"
(DATZ 2/2009)
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1907 "Peixe do Iporanga" (A Lavoura : boletim da Sociedade Nacional de Agricultura Brazileira, Vol. 11, P. 188)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 18)
- Armbruster, J.W., 2004 "Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae" (abstract) (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society)
- Oyakawa, Osvaldo T., Akama, Alberto & Zanata Angela M., 2005 "Review of the genus Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 from rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, with description of a new species (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 921)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 251)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Oliveira, A.S.; Oliveira, R.R. de & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 2015 "Hypostomus melanephelis, a new armored catfish species from the rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Loricariidae)"
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