Pseudolithoxus nicoi
Armbruster & Provenzano, 2000
dedicated Leo Nico (US Biological Service)
Synonyms
Lasiancistrus nicoi
Nicos Fliegerharnischwels
Nicos Fliegerharnischwels
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
114.3 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
5.0 - 7.0
Type of water
Black water
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: head and body shape
Cleaves
unknown
present
I / 5 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
fin edging: white
II / 7 rays
fin edging: white
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
fin edging: white
II / 7 rays
fin edging: white
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
02/April/2015
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 394
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.380
- Aquaristik Fachmagazin Apr/Mai 2010 S.94-96
- Armbruster, J.W. & Provenzano, F., 2000 "Four new species of the suckermouth armored catfish genus Lasiancistrus (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 11, P. 241)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H.; Seidel, I.; Michels, J.P., Schraml, R. & Werner,A., 2001 "Diagnose vierzehn neuer Gattungen der Familie Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Teleostei, Ostariophysi)" (DATZ Sonderheft Harnischwelse 2, 2, P. 21)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 289)
- Lujan, N.K. & Birindelli, J.L.O., 2011 "A new distinctively banded species of Pseudolithoxus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Orinoco River" (Zootaxa, No. 2941, P. 39)
- Collins,R.A.; Bifi,A.G.; de Oliveira,R.R.; Ribeiro,E.D.; Lujan, N.K.; Rapp Py-Daniel,L.H. & Hrbek,T., 2018 "Biogeography and species delimitation of the rheophilic suckermouth catfish genus Pseudolithoxus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with the description of a new species from the Brazilian Amazon" (Systematics and Biodiversity, P. 1)
- Armbruster
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for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
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