Ancistrus damasceni
Steindachner, 1907
Synonyms
Xenocara damasceni
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
Flow
strong
Substrate
rocks
In water
deadwood
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
unknown
3 soft rays
I / 7 rays
I / 7 rays
only 3 soft rays in anal fin
Sympatric with
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. 375
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.154
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1907 "Bericht über eine neue Coridoras-Art aus dem Rio Preto" (Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 44, P. 292)
- 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. 68)
- 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)
- Ramos, T.P.A.; Costa Ramos, R.T. da & Ramos, S.A.Q.A,, 2014 "Ichthyofauna of the Parnaíba river Basin, Northeastern Brazil" (Biota Neotropica, Vol. 14 No. 1, P. 4)
- PCF
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