Pseudacanthicus histrix
Valenciennes, 1840
Synonyms
Rinelepis histrix
has Loricaria spinosae
Chaetostomus hystrix
Hemiancistrus hystrix
Loricaria histrix
Stachelschwein-Kaktuswels
has Loricaria spinosae
Chaetostomus hystrix
Hemiancistrus hystrix
Loricaria histrix
Stachelschwein-Kaktuswels
Length (total)
approx. 76 cm
Recommended tank size
300 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
nein
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males: wider head, often larger dorsal, often more attractive colored
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
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- Das Aquarium 6/95 S.22
- Schäfer, Frank: "Kaktuswels wissenschaftlich beschrieben"
(DATZ Mai 2018)
- Valenciennes, M.A., 1840 "Siluroïdes - Des Loricaires, des Rinelepis et des Hypostomes" (Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, Vol. 15, P. 486)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 261)
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- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 286)
- Chamon, C.C. & Sousa, L.M., 2016 "A new species of the leopard pleco genus Pseudacanthicus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Xingu, Brazil" (Journal of Fish Biology, P. 13)
- Chamon, C.C.; Costa e Silva, T. , 2018 "Pseudacanthicus major: description of one of the largest known Loricariidae (Hypostominae: Ancistrini), a species from rio Tocantins basin, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4387 No. 3, P. 508)
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