Synonyms
Gefleckter Ohrgitter-Harnischwels
Goby pleco
Pitbullwels
Goby pleco
Pitbullwels
Length (total)
approx. 8 cm
Standard length (documented)
58.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
20 - 26 °C
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
multiple
 
present
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- Britski, H. A. & Garavello, J.C., 2002 "Parotocinclus jumbo, a new species of the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae from northeastern Brazil (Ostariophysi: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters) P. 279
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 326
- Das Aquarium 3/96 S.6 - 7
- Seidel, Ingo: "Das 'my-fish-Aquaristik-Survive-Projekt'"
(DATZ 4/2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Harnischwels-Zwerge – Loricariiden für kleine Aquarien"
(DATZ Dezember 2018) - Seidel, Ingo: "Welswelten – Pitbull-Harnischwelse werden wieder importiert"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin August/September 2021) - Seidel, Ingo: "Die Parotocinclus-Arten – Eine sehr variable Gruppe"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2022)
- Lehmann, P.; Braun, B.K., Pereira, E.H.L. & Reis, R.E., 2013 "A New Species of the Hypoptopomatinae Catfish Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), from the Headwaters of the Rio Jequitinhonha, Brazil" (Copeia, Vol. 2013 No. 3, P. 437)
- Ramos, T.P.A.; Barros-Neto, L.F.; Britski, H.A. & Lima S.M.Q., 2013 "Parotocinclus seridoensis, a new hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Piranhas-Açu basin, northeastern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 11 No. 4, P. 788)
- Lehmann, A.P.; Lazzarotto, H. & Reis, R.E., 2014 "Parotocinclus halbothi, a new species of small armored catfish (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the Trombetas and Marowijne River basins, in Brazil and Suriname" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 1, P. 32)
- Ramos, T.P.A.; Lehmann, P.; Barros-Neto, L.F. & Lima, S.M.Q., 2016 "Redescription of the endangered hypoptopomatine catfish Parotocinclus spilurus (Fowler, 1941) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Jaguaribe basin, northeastern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 14 No. 1)
- Silva, M.J.; Ramos, T.P.A.; Carvalho, F.R.; Brito, M.F.G.; ramos, R.T.C.; Rosa, R.S.; Sánchez-Botero, J.I.; Novaes, J.L.C.; Costa, R.S. & Lima, S.M.Q., 2020 "Freshwater fish richness baseline from the São Francisco Interbasin Water Transfer Project in the Brazilian Semiarid" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 18 No. 4)
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for the pictures
Arne & Elena
1, 2, 3
Hans-Georg Evers
4
8, 9, 10, 11
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