Ancistrus temminckii
Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840
Synonyms
has Xenocara temminckii
Børstenæset Sugemalle (Denmark)
Dwarf bristlenose pleco
Hypostomus temminckii
Plecostomus aculeatus
Børstenæset Sugemalle (Denmark)
Dwarf bristlenose pleco
Hypostomus temminckii
Plecostomus aculeatus
Length (total)
approx. 14 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
23 - 27 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
yes
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
Sympatric with
not known
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.180
- Seidel, Ingo: "Antennenwelse der Gattung Ancistrus - Facettenreich wie kaum eine andere Harnischwelsgattung"
(aquaristik - Aktuelle Süßwasserpraxis 2/2010 - "Wels - Presseschau") - Bosna, Roland: "Unterwegs auf dem Gran Río in Surinam"
(Amazonas September/Oktober 2014 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Vol. 15, P. 514)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 254)
- Bornstein, S.; Lucanus, O. & López-Fernández, 2022 "Fish Diversity of the Upper Tapanahony River, Suriname"
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
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