Chaetostoma sovichthys
Schultz, 1944
dedicated Standard Oil Co. of Venezuela (for the support of the expedition)
Synonyms
Chaetostoma anomala sovichthys
Motatán-Gebirgsharnischwels
Motatán-Gebirgsharnischwels
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Standard length (documented)
72.5 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
23 - 27 °C
High above sea level
< 2000 m
Flow
strong
Substrate
gravel
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
nein
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Male have a more angular head and the edge of their snout is more thick
from genus: Standard
unknown
4 soft rays
fin edges: yellow
I / 8 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
fin edges: yellow
I / 8 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
not known
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.444
- Schultz, Leonard P., 1944 "The catfishes of Venezuela, with description of thirty-eight new forms" (Proceedings of the National Museum, Vol. 94, P. 292)
- Galvis, G.; Mojica, J.I.; & Camargo, M., 1997 "Peces del Catatumbo" (Asociación Cravo Norte, P. 81)
- Ballen, Gustava A., 2011 "A new species of Chaetostoma Tschudi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Colombia with a definition of the C. anale species group" (Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Vol. 51 No. 26, P. 388)
- Lujan, N.K.; Meza-Vargas, V.; Astudillo-Clavijo, V. & ´López-Fernández, H., 2015 "A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes" (Copeia, Vol. 103 No. 3, P. 666)
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