Synonyms
Kleiner Flunderharnischwels
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 18 cm
Standard length (documented)
159.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.0
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Black mosquito larvea, artemia, cyclops, carnivor feed pellets
Black mosquito larvea, artemia, cyclops, carnivor feed pellets
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sand
necessary
genital papilla, wide waist of the females
lip breeder
yes
known
male open the eggs -> abandoned nest: help hatching necessary
male open the eggs -> abandoned nest: help hatching necessary
from
to
Quantity
Temp.
26
27
pH
6.50
6.50
GH
7
7
KH
3
3
NO³
Cond.
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
04/September/2014
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 340
- Günther, Dr. A., 1868 "Diagnoses of some new Freshwater Fishes from Suriname and Brazil, in the Collection of the Britsh Museum" (The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology vol. 1, P. 478)
- 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. 121)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1981 "Revision of Loricaria Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Beaufortia, Vol. 31 No. 3, P. 88)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 288)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 112)
- Londoño-Burbano, A. & Reis, R.E., 2021 "A combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of the Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with emphasis on the Harttiini and Farlowellini" (PlosOne)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Jürgen Lemke
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Dr. Albert Günther (PD)
7, 8
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