Synonyms
Chaetostomus spinosus
Hypostomus spinosus
Punktierter Kaktuswels
Hypostomus spinosus
Punktierter Kaktuswels
Length (total)
approx. 40 cm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Type of water
Clear water
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
PCF
 
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
13/October/2018
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.84
- Das Aquarium 6/95 S.20 - 21
- Redaktion Amazonas: "Farbwechsel"
(Amazonas Juli / August 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Castelnau, Francis de, 1855 "Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expedition dans les parties centrales de L'Amerique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para" (Animaux nouveaux ou rares, Vol. 2, P. 45)
- 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. 260)
- PCF (Zucht)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Andreas Husi
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Francis de Castelnau (PD)
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