Synonyms
Flachkopf-Schilderwels
Plecostomus paulinus
Plecostomus paulinus
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
18 - 24 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.0
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have longer fins
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1059
- Lechner, Walter: "Aquaristisch neue Welse aus São Paulo"
(DATZ 2/2009)
- Ihering, Rudolf von, 1905 "Descriptions of Four new Loricariid Fishes of the Genus Plecostomus from Brazil" (The Annals and magazine of natural history, Vol. 15, P. 560)
- Galves, W.; Shibatta, O.A. & Jerep, F.C., 2007 "Fish, Taquara river basin, northern of the state of Paraná, Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 3 No. 3, P. 256)
- Martins, F.O.; Langeani, F. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2014 "A new spiny species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) from thermal waters, upper rio Paraná basin, central Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, P. 6)
- Santos, A.C.; Gonçalves, C.C. & Carvalho, F.R., 2017 "Ichthyofauna of the “Cachoeira de São Roberto” and fishes of lower Preto River, upper Paraná River basin, Brazil" (Biota Neotropica, Vol. 17 No. 1, P. 6)
- Lustosa-Costa, S.Y.; Ramos, T.P.A.; Zawadzki, C.H. & Lima, S.M.Q., 2022 "Review of the armoured catfish genus Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Parnaíba River basin, Northeastern Brazil, with description of a new species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 20 No. 1)
- PCF
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