Lasiancistrus heteracanthus
Günther, 1869
(Type species)
Synonyms
Ancistrus heteracanthus
Chaetostomus heteracanthus
Rotaugen-Deltaschwanzwels
Chaetostomus heteracanthus
Rotaugen-Deltaschwanzwels
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 18 cm
Standard length (documented)
149.2 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
vegetables, soft wood, pleco chips
vegetables, soft wood, pleco chips
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Animal care
very peaceful
from genus: look to head shape and odontodes
from
to
Quantity
Temp.
28
30
pH
7.00
7.00
GH
KH
1
2
NO³
Cond.
300
300
present
I / 5 rays
incised / concave, pointed
short filament upper
short filament lower
I / 7 rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
incised / concave, pointed
short filament upper
short filament lower
I / 7 rays
5 soft rays
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- Knaack, J., 2000 "Ein weiterer neuer Harnischwels aus dem Rio Guaporé: Lasiancistrus guapore n. sp." (Aquaristik aktuell) P. 58
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 387
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.343
- Katzschmann, Anja & Behr, Norman: "Unterwegs in Peru – Lederhosen und Lamontichthys"
(Amazonas September / Öktober 2021)
- Günther, Dr. Albert, 1869 "Description of some Species of Fishes from the Peruvian Amazons" (Proceedings of the scientific meetings of the Zoological Society of London, P. 425)
- Armbruster, Jonathan W., 2005 "The loricariid catfish genus Lasiancistrus (Siluriformes) with description of two new species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 3 No. 4, P. 558)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 265)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 113)
- (Erst-) Nachzucht von Lasiancistrus heteracanthus
- 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. 25)
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