Lithoxus lithoides
Eigenmann, 1912
(Type species)
Synonyms
Marmorierter Stromschnellen-Harnischwels
vulnerable
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
23 - 27 °C
Locality
in/near rapids
Substrate
rocks
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
I / 3 - 4 rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 3 - 4 rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Boeseman, M., 1982 "The South American mailed catfish genus Lithoxus Eigenmann, 1910, with the description of three new species from Surinam and French Guyana and records of related species (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences) v. 85 (v: 1): 41-58) P. 46
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 389
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.714
- Seidel, Ingo: "Die Harnischwelse des Rio Jatapu"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember 2008 / Januar 2009)
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1912 "The Freshwater Fishes of British Guiana, including a Study of the ecological Grouping of Species, and the Relation of the Fauna of the Plateau to that of the Lowlands" (Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 5, P. 242)
- Lujan, N.K., 2008 "Description of a new Lithoxus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Guayana Highlands with a discussion of Guiana Shield biogeography" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 6 No. 3)
- Lujan, N.K., 2008 "Description of a new Lithoxus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Guayana Highlands with a discussion of Guiana Shield biogeography" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 6 No. 3, P. 416)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 2017 "A treatise of the Loricariidae Bonaparte, 1831, a family of South American mailed catfishes, with emphasis on the subfamily Loricariinae (Pisces, Siluriformes) and a provisional key to the genera of Loricariidae" (Ichthyological Contributions of Peces Criollos, Vol. 48, P. 78)
- Silva, G.S.C.; Covain, R., Oliveira, C. & Roxo, F.F., 2017 "Description of two new species of Lithoxus (Hypostominae: Loricariidae) from rio Jari and rio Amapá basins, Brazilian Guiana Shield" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4347 No. 1, P. 151)
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 359)
- 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. 15)
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