Synonyms
Pseudacanthicus fimbriatus
Lithoxus fimbriatus
Pseudocanthicus fimbriatus
Fransenmaul-Stromschnellen-Harnischwels
Yaravi
Lithoxus fimbriatus
Pseudocanthicus fimbriatus
Fransenmaul-Stromschnellen-Harnischwels
Yaravi
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.0
Nutrition (mostly): insect-eater
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sex difference
unknown
 
present
I / 5 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
slightly convex
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
slightly convex
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
only known from holotype
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
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.706
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1915 "Vorläufigen Bericht über einige neue Süsswasserfische aus Südamerika" (Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 52 Iss. 17, P. 201)
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1917 "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flussfische Südamerikas V" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 93, P. 92)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 78)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 237)
- Lujan, N.K.; Armbruster, J.W. & Lovejoy, N.R., 2018 "Multilocus phylogeny, diagnosis and generic revision of the Guiana Shield endemic suckermouth armoured catfish tribe Lithoxini (Loricariidae: Hypostominae)" (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 20)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Steindachner, Franz (1917) (PD)
1, 2, 3
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