Hypostomus luteus
Godoy, 1980
luteus = gelb
Synonyms
Gelber Schilderwels
Golden Sailfin Pleco
Plecostomus luteus
Golden Sailfin Pleco
Plecostomus luteus
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 40 cm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
18 - 24 °C
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have longer fins
from genus: Standard
Taiwan
inhabited small, rocky rivers
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
- Godoy, M.P. de, 1980 "Poluição -- peixes e pesca; reconhecimento preliminar com descrição de duas espécie novas de peixes, Rios Uruguia, Pelotes e Aprine, aproveitamentos de Ita e de Machadinho, o impacto da açao do homem sobre a natureza Florianopolis" (Eletrosul) P. 1
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1042
- Seidel, Ingo: "Ein sehr außergewöhnlicher Schilderwels: Hypostomus luteus"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember 2009/Januar 2010 - "Wels - Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Die Hypostomus-Arten des Südens"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Oktober / November 2010 "Wels-Presseschau")
- Cardoso, P.C.; Almirón, A.; Casciotta, J. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I., 2012 "Origin of species diversity in the catfish genus Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) inhabiting the Paraná river basin, with the description of a new species" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3453, P. 77)
- Cardoso, Y.P.; Brancolini, F.; Paracampo, A.; Lizarralde, M.; Covain, R. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I., 2016 "Hypostomus formosae, a new catfish species from the Paraguay River Basin with redescription of H. boulengeri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 27 No. 1, P. 22)
- Zawadzki, C.H., Ramos, T.P.A & Sabaj, M., 2017 "Hypostomus sertanejo (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), new armoured catfish species from north-eastern Brazil" (Journal of Fish Biology, P. 12)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; da Silva, H.P. & Troy, W.P., 2018 "Redescription of Hypostomus latirostris (Regan, 1904) with the recognition of a new species of Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraguay basin, Brazil" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, No. 1079, P. 1)
- Cardoso, Y.P.; Queiroz, L.J. de; Bahechar, I.A.; Posadas, P.E. & Montoya-Burgos, 2021 "Multilocus phylogeny and historical biogeography of Hypostomus shed light on the processes of fish diversification in La Plata Basin" (scientific reports, Vol. 11)
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Ingo Seidel
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