Ancistrus tamboensis
Fowler, 1945
according to the origin río Tambo
Synonyms
Carachama
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Standard length (documented)
82.0 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
23 - 28 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
High above sea level
~600 m
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: The males have more and longer tentacle on the head. Often females have only short tentacle/stublles anlong the mouth.
approx. 8.0 cm
from genus: Standard
unknown
I / 3 rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
8 soft rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
8 soft rays
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 378
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.(190)
- Fowler, H.W., 1945 "Descriptions of seven new fresh-water fishes from Peru" (Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia), No. 159)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 72)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 155)
- A new species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Tapajós and Xingu basins, Brazil, 2022 "Neuhaus, E.B.; Britto, M.R.; Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sousa, L.M." (Neotropical Ichthylogy, Vol. 20 No. 1)
- PCF
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