Synonyms
Ancistrus cirrhosus subsp. dubius
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
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
 
Bei der Entfernung zwischen Gurupá und Tabatinga ist es unwahrscheinlich, dass es sich tatsächlich um die gleiche Art handelt
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 "New Ancistrus species from the Rio Cuiba System, Brazil (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Tropical Fish Hobbyist) P. 152
- 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.158
- Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann R.S., 1889 "Preliminary Notes on South American Nemotognathi II" (Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 2 Ser. 2, P. 48)
- 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. & Miyazawa, C.S., 2014 "Ancistrus cf. dubius (Siluriformes, Ancistrinae), a complex of species. 1. Chromosomic characterization of four populations and occurence of sexual chromosomes of type XX/XY, in the Pantanal basin of Mato Grosso, Brazil" (Caryologia, Vol. 59 No. 4, P. 299)
- 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)
- Provenzano, F.R. & Barriga-Salazar, 2018 "Species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from Ecuador, with the description of a new species from the Amazon River Basin" (abstract) (Zootaxa, Vol. 4527 No. 2, P. 235)
- Souza, L.S. de; Taphorn, D.C. & Armbruster, J.W., 2019 "Review of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the northwestern Guiana Shield, Orinoco Andes, and adjacent basins with description of six new species" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4552 No. 1, P. 62)
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