Hypostomus hemiurus
Eigenmann, 1912
hemi=halb; urus=Schwanz
Synonyms
Plecostomus hemiurus
Rotflossen-Schilderwels
Rotflossen-Schilderwels
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
201.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
23 - 29 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
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
not known
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1034
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1912 "The Freshwater Fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species and the relation ofthe fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands" (Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum , Vol. 5, P. 224)
- 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)"
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Oyakawa, O.T. & Britski, H.a., 2017 "Hypostomus velhochico, a new keeled Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio São Francisco basin in Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4344 No. 3, P. 571)
- Cardoso, Y.P.; Queiroz, L.J. de; Bahechar, I.A.; Posadas, P.E. & Montoya-Burgos, 2021 "Multilocus phylogeny and historical biogeography of Hypostomus shed light on the processes of fish diversification in La Plata Basin" (scientific reports, Vol. 11)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Donald Taphorn
1, 2, 3
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