Synonyms
Hypostomus lacerta
LG 1 (Welsatlas 1, Auflage 2)
LG 4 (Welsatlas 1, Auflage 1)
Plecostomus lacerta
LG 1 (Welsatlas 1, Auflage 2)
LG 4 (Welsatlas 1, Auflage 1)
Plecostomus lacerta
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
67.0 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
16 - 22 °C
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
strong
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
8 soft rays
6 soft rays
8 soft rays
8 soft rays
6 soft rays
8 soft rays
Sympatric with
Rineloricaria latirostris
Trichomycterus jacupiranga
Astyanax bifasciatus
Astyanax laticeps
Astyanax sp.
Characidium pterostictum
Coptodon rendalli
Deuterodon iguape
Geophagus iporanguensis
Hoplias sp. aff. malabaricus
Imparfinis sp.
Phalloceros harpagos
Trichomycterus jacupiranga
Astyanax bifasciatus
Astyanax laticeps
Astyanax sp.
Characidium pterostictum
Coptodon rendalli
Deuterodon iguape
Geophagus iporanguensis
Hoplias sp. aff. malabaricus
Imparfinis sp.
Phalloceros harpagos
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 365
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1250
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 1 (2002) P.400
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 (2005) P.434
- Cramer, Christian: "Harnischwelse einmal anders: Südostbrasilien"
(Amazonas November/Dezember 2011 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Nichols, Dr. J. Treadwell, 1919 "Cascudos Brazileiros do Genero Plecostomus do Museu Paulista" (Revista do Museu Paulista, Vol. 9)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 263)
- Roxo, F. F.; Zawadzki, C.H.; Costa Silva, G.J. da; Chiachio, M.C.; Foresti, F. & Oliveira, C., 2012 "Molecular systematics of the armored neotropical catfish subfamily Neoplecostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3390, P. 38)
- Pereira, E.H.L. & Reis, R.E., 2017 "Morphology-based phylogeny of the suckermouth armored catfishes, with emphasis on the Neoplecostominae (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4264, No. 1, P. 73)
- Frota, A.; Message, H.J.; Oliveira, R.C.de; Benedito, E. & Graça, W.J.da, 2019 "Ichthyofauna of headwater streams from the rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, at the boundaries of the Ponta Grossa Arch, Paraná, Brazil" (Biota Neotropica, Vol. 19 No. 1)
- Souza, C.S.; Silva, G.S.C.; Ochoa, L.E.; Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.J.C.; Melo, B.F.; Foresti, F. & Oliveira, C., 2020 "Molecular and morphological diversity in species of Kronichthys (Teleostei, Loricariidae) from Atlantic coastal rivers of Brazil" (Journal of Fish Biology)
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