dedicated Dr. Carl Bovallius - collector of the type material
Synonyms
Ancistrus bovallii
Brauner Stromschnellen-Harnischwels
Lithoxus bovallii
Brauner Stromschnellen-Harnischwels
Lithoxus bovallii
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 8 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
24 - 27 °C
Nutrition (mostly): insect-eater
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: note body shape and pectoral spin
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
present
not known
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.712
- Lujan, Nathan K.: "Ein vergessener Harnischwels in einer vergessenen Welt"
(Amazonas März/April 2017)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1906 "Notes on some Loricariid Fishes, with Descriptions of Two new Species" (The Annals and magazine of natural history, Vol. 17 Ser. 7, P. 96)
- 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, P. 1173)
- PCF
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