Isorineloricaria spinosissima
Steindachner, 1880
(Type species)
Synonyms
Igel-Harnischwels
Isorineloricaria festae
Plecostomus festae
Plecostomus spinosissimus
Stachel-Harnischwels
Zucchini Pleco
Isorineloricaria festae
Plecostomus festae
Plecostomus spinosissimus
Stachel-Harnischwels
Zucchini Pleco
Length (total)
approx. 85 cm
Standard length (documented)
800.0 mm
Recommended tank size
300 cm
Temperature
23 - 30 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.5
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
periphyton (Periphyton)
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: odontodes at the end of pectoralspins
unknown
present
I / 4 rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
5 soft rays
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. 364
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1121
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1880 "Zur Fisch-Fauna des Cauca und der Flüsse bei Guayaquil" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 42, P. 98)
- Montoya-Burgos, J.-I.; Muller, S.; Weber, C. & Pawlowski, J., 1998 "Phylogenetic relationships of the Loricariidae (Siluriformes) based on mitochrondrial rRNA gene sequences" (Edipucrs, P. 367)
- Armbruster, J.W., 2004 "Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae" (abstract) (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, P. 80)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 263)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 113)
- Jiménez-Prado, P.; Aguirre, W.; Laaz-Moncayo, E.; Navarrete-Amaya, R.; Nugra-Salazar, F.; Rebolledo-Monsalve, E.; Zárate-Hugo, E.; Torres-Noboa, A. & Valdiviezo-Rivera, J., 2015 "Guia de peces para aguas continentales en la vertiente occidental del Ecuador"
- Ray, C.K. & Armbruster, J.W., 2016 "The genera Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with description of a new species" (Zootaxa 4072/5 )
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for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
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Kriossba (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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