Ancistrus cryptophthalmus
Reis, 1987
Synonyms
unknown
endangered
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
19 - 25 °C
Locality
in a cave
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: The males have more and longer tentacle on the head. Often females have only short tentacle/stublles anlong the mouth.
from genus: Standard
Catfish Atlas 2
Not 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
- Reis, R.E., 1987 "Ancistrus cryptophthalmus sp. n., a blind mailed catfish from the Tocantins River basin, Brazil (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie) P. 81
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.151
- Seidel, Ingo: "Weißlinge von verschiedenen Callichthyiden und Loricariiden"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Juni / Juli 2018) - Lucanus, Oliver: "Iriri trift Xingu – mit außerirdischer Flussbettkulisse"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2022)
- Trajano, E. & Bichuette, M.E., 2007 "Population ecology of cave armoured catfish, Ancistrus cryptophthalmus Reis 1987, from central Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Ecology of Freshwater Fish, Np. 16, P. 105)
- Secutti, S. & Trajano, E., 2009 "Reproductive behavior, development and eye regression in the cave armored catfish, Ancistrus cryptophthalmus Reis, 1987 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), breed in laboratory" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 7 No. 3, P. 479)
- Alves Bastos, V.A.; Ferreira, R.L.; Carvalho, D.C. de & Matos Alves Pinto, L.D., 2013 "The cave environment influencing the lipid profile and hepatic lipogenesis of the fish Ancistrus cryptophthalmus Reis, 1987 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (International Journal of Speleology, Vol. 42 No. 1, P. 15)
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 314)
- PCF
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