Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 16 cm
Standard length (documented)
115.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Weight
0.028 kg
Temperature
23 - 29 °C
pH
7.0 - 8.5
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
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
- Knaack, J., 1999 "A new species of bristlemouth catfish of the genus Ancistrus Kner 1854 from the Mato Grosso, Brazil (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Tropical Fish Hobbyist) P. 70
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 375
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.152
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 220)
- 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)
- Bifi, A.G.; Pavanelli, C.S. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2009 "Three new species of Ancistrus Kner, 1854 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Iguaçu basin, Paraná State, Brazil" (Zootaxa, No. 2275, P. 41)
- Mariotto, S.; Centofante, L.; Miyazawa, C.S.;Bertollo, A.C.B. & Moreira Filho, O., 2009 "Chromosome polymorphism in Ancistrus cuiabae Knaack, 1999 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Ancistrini)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 7 No. 4)
- Severo-Neto, F.; dos Santos, P.S., Sczeny-Moraes, E.A. & Paiva, F., 2014 "Ancistrus cuiabae Knaack, 1999 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Ancistrinae): First record for the Southern Pantanal" (CheckList, Vol. 10 No. 2, P. 380)
- Oliveira, R.R. de; Zuanon, J.; Zawadzki, C.H. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L., 2015 "Ancistrus maximus, a new species of red-dotted armored catfish from rio Branco, Roraima State, Brazilian Amazon (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, Vol. 26 No. 1, P. 81)
- Bifi, A.G.; Oliveira, R.R. de & Rapp Py-Daniel, L., 2019 "A new species of Ancistrus Kner, 1854 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from rio Madeira basin, Amazonas State, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 17 No. 2, P. 8)
- A new species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Tapajós and Xingu basins, Brazil, 2022 "Neuhaus, E.B.; Britto, M.R.; Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sousa, L.M." (Neotropical Ichthylogy, Vol. 20 No. 1)
- PCF
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