Glyptoperichthys punctatus/Pterygoplichthys punctatus
Kner, 1854
Synonyms
has Glyptoperichthys duodecimalis
Imperial Ranger Pleco
Pterygoplichthys punctatus
Imperial Ranger Pleco
Pterygoplichthys punctatus
Length (total)
> 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
205.1 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
20 - 28 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Beni, Amazonas
Bolivia, Brazil
córrego do Bugre ➙ rio Sararé | rio Galera ⇒ río Guaporé ➙ río Mamoré ➙ rio Madeira ⇒ Amazonas ➙ Atlantic NE
˜[ -13.083,-62.368 ]
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have greater (dorsal) fins and a wider head, posibly females have a wider wais
unknown
4 soft rays
(13 -) 14 soft rays
I / 11 (- 12) rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
(13 -) 14 soft rays
I / 11 (- 12) rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
To determine the species: observe the papilla in the mouth
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
- Weber, C., 1992 "Révision du genre Pterygoplichthys sensu lato (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie) P. 31
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 353
- Hablützel, Pascal : "Verbreitung und Ökologie der Segelschilderwelse Boliviens"
(DATZ 02/2014 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Kner, R., 1854 "Die Hypostomiden. Zweite Hauptgruppe der Familie der Panzerfische" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 7, P. 281)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 292)
- Carvalho, T.P.; Tang, S.J.; Fredieu, J.I.; Quispe, R.; Corahua, I.; Ortega, H.; Albert, J.S., 2009 "Fishes from the upper Yuruá river, Amazon basin, Peru" (CheckList, 5, P. 673)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 113)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 25)
- Orfinger, A.B. & Goodding, D.D., 2018 "The Global Invasion of the Suckermouth Armored Catfish Genus Pterygoplichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): Annotated List of Species, Distributional Summary, and Assessment of Impacts" (Zoological Studies, Vol 57 No. 7)
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for the pictures
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Carvalho et. al., 2009 (PD)
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