Megalancistrus barrae
Steindachner, 1910
according to the origin Barra on the rio São Francisco, Bahia, Brazil
Synonyms
Ancistrus barrae
ashura
Azzura Pleco
Black Spiny Ashiura Pleco
espinos
Giant Ancistrus
Megalancistrus sp. "Rio São Francisco"
Wurmlinien-Riesenkaktuswels
ashura
Azzura Pleco
Black Spiny Ashiura Pleco
espinos
Giant Ancistrus
Megalancistrus sp. "Rio São Francisco"
Wurmlinien-Riesenkaktuswels
Length (total)
approx. 80 cm
Recommended tank size
300 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Flow
strong
Substrate
rocks
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: look to head and body shape
unknown
present
I / 4 - 5 rays
(13 -) 14 (- 16) soft rays
I / 10 (- 11) rays
(5 -) 6 (- 7) soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 - 5 rays
(13 -) 14 (- 16) soft rays
I / 10 (- 11) rays
(5 -) 6 (- 7) soft rays
5 soft rays
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
26/November/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. 390
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1910 "Über eine neue Loricaria-Art aus dem Flussgebiete des Jaraguá und der Ribeira im Staate S. Paulo und Sa. Catharina" (Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 47, P. 58)
- 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. 52)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 272)
- Salvador, G.; Rosa, G.R.; Mello, G. & Firpe, F., 2015 "Spatial distribution of Megalancistrus barrae (Steindachner 1910), and first record on the high stretch of São Francisco basin" (CheckList, Vol. 11 No. 4, P. 1695)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Augusto Bentinho
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