Ancistrus piriformis
Muller, 1989
piriformes (lat.) - pear-shaped
Synonyms
Pirambocaya
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 13 cm
Standard length (documented)
103.8 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
20 - 27 °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
present
3 (- 4) soft rays
(13 -) 14 soft rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / (6 -) 7 rays
(5 -) 6 soft rays
5 soft rays
3 (- 4) soft rays
(13 -) 14 soft rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / (6 -) 7 rays
(5 -) 6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 378
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.174
- Muller, Sonia, 1989 "Description de deux nouvelles espéces paraguayennes du genre Ancistrus Kner, 1854 (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Revue Suisse de Zoologie, Vol. 96 No. 3, P. 887)
- Muller, S., 1990 "Étude méristique et morphométrique d'Ancistrus piriformis Muller et Ancistrus pirareta Muller (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Revue Suisse de Zoologie, Vol. 97 No. 1, P. 153)
- López, H.L.; Miquelarena, A.M. & Ponte Gómez, J., 2005 "Biodiversidad y distribución de la ictiofauna mesopotámica" (Insugeo, P. 317)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 224)
- 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)
- Bogan,S.; Bauni,V.; Alvarez, S.M. & Dalia, A., 2019 "Ejemplares tipo de la Colección Ictiológica que conserva la Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina" (Hisotoria Natural, Ser. 4 Vol. 9 No. 2, P. 17)
- 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)
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