dedicated Mr. Fassl (fuesslii results from a spelling error) - collector of the type material
Synonyms
has Dolichancistrus pediculatus
Ancistrus fuesslii
Dolichancistrus pediculatus
Lasiancistrus fuesslii
Pseudancistrus pediculatus
Ancistrus fuesslii
Dolichancistrus pediculatus
Lasiancistrus fuesslii
Pseudancistrus pediculatus
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 16 cm
Standard length (documented)
124.4 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
High above sea level
450 - 2100 m
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have longer pectoral fins
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
present
2 - 3 soft rays
14 soft rays
II / 7 - 9 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
2 - 3 soft rays
14 soft rays
II / 7 - 9 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
Hemibrycon metae
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. 384
- Braitmayer, Sabrina: "L-Nummern aus Kolumbien (I)"
(DATZ 11/2010 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1911 "Über einige neue und seltene südamerikanische Süßwasserfische" (Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 48, P. 373)
- Braitmayer, Sabrina, 2010 "L-Nummern aus Kolumbien I" (DATZ, 11)
- Ballen, G.A. & Vari, R.P., 2012 "Review of the Andean armored catfishes of the genus Dolichancistrus Isbrücker (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol 10 Nr. 3, P. 499)
- 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. 667)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 80)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Ballen, G.A.; Herrera-R, G.A.; Zamudio, J., Herrera-Collazos; E.E.; DoNascimiento, C.; Prada-Pedreros, S. & Maldonado-Ocampo, A., 2018 "Fishes of the Cusiana River (Meta River basin, Colombia), with an identification key to its species" (ZooKeys, No. 733, P. 76)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
1, 2, 3
Yecid Rojas-Molina
4
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