Synonyms
Brackwasser-Schilderwels
Güaragüara
Hypostomus verres
Squaliforma verres
Squaliforma watwata
Wasy
Güaragüara
Hypostomus verres
Squaliforma verres
Squaliforma watwata
Wasy
Length (total)
approx. 50 cm
Recommended tank size
300 cm
Temperature
23 - 29 °C
Type of water
Clear water, Brackish water
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
10/February/2019
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1072
- Hancock, John, 1828 "Notes on some species of Fishes and Reptiles from Demerara" (Zoological Journal, Vol. 4, P. 246)
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Vol. 15, P. 494)
- Boeseman, M., 1969 "Additional new species of Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803, from Surinam; with remarks on the apparent „gymnorhynchus-complex” (Siluriformes,Loricariidae)" (Beaufortia, Vol. 16, P. 119)
- Alcalá, C.A.L. & Sánchez-Duarte, P., 2011 "Los Peces del delta del Orinoco" (Fundaciión la Salle de Ciencas Naturales, P. 199)
- Weber, C.; Covain, R. & Fisch-Muller, S., 2012 "Identity of Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758), with an overview of Hypostomus species from the Guianas (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Cybium, Vol. 36 No. 1)
- Ray, C.K. & Armbruster, J.W., 2016 "The genera Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with description of a new species" (Zootaxa 4072/5 )
- Cardoso, Y.P.; Queiroz, L.J. de; Bahechar, I.A.; Posadas, P.E. & Montoya-Burgos, 2021 "Multilocus phylogeny and historical biogeography of Hypostomus shed light on the processes of fish diversification in La Plata Basin" (scientific reports, Vol. 11)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Bubu Schmidt
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