Pseudorinelepis genibarbis
Valenciennes, 1840
(Type species)
Synonyms
Carachama
Monistiancistrus carachama
Plecostomus genibarbis
Pseudorinelepis carachama
Rhinelepis agassizi
Rotbart-Tannenzapfenwels
Monistiancistrus carachama
Plecostomus genibarbis
Pseudorinelepis carachama
Rhinelepis agassizi
Rotbart-Tannenzapfenwels
Length (total)
> 50 cm
Standard length (documented)
356.2 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
Flow
no - small
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
from genus: Kopf- und Körperform, sowie Genitalpapille beachten
unknown
5 soft rays
14 soft rays
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
14 soft rays
II / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
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
- DATZ 01/2012 S.20 - 25
- Lechner, Walter: "Mit Diskusfischernam Rio Purus"
(DATZ September 2020)
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Vol. 15, P. 484)
- Fowler, H.W., 1939 "A Collection of Fishes Obtained by Mr. William C. Morrow in the Ucayali River Basin, Peru" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 91, P. 236)
- Fowler, Henry W., 1939 "A Collection of Fishes Obtained by Mr. William C. Morrow in the Ucayali River Basin, Peru" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 91, P. 236)
- Armbruster, J.W. & Hardman, M., 1999 "Redescription of Pseudorinelepis genibarbis (Loricariidae, Hypostominae) with comments on behavior as it relates to air-holding" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 10)
- Queiroz, L.J. de; Torrente-Vilara, G.; Vieira, F.G.; Ohara, W.M.; Zuanon, J. & Doria, C.R.C., 2013 "Fishes of Cuniã Lake, Madeira River Basin, Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 9 No 3, P. 545)
- Krings, W.; Konn‑Vetterlein, D.; Hausdorf, B. & Gorb, S.N., 2023 "Holding in the stream: convergent evolution of suckermouth structures in Loricariidae (Siluriformes)" (Frontiers in Zoology, Vol. 20 No. 1, P. 37)
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