Parotocinclus maculicauda
Steindachner, 1877
(Type species)
macula = Fleck, cauda = Schwanz
Synonyms
Hisonotus maculicauda
Otocinclus caudimacula
Otocinclus maculicauda
Parotocinclus steindachneri
Red Fin Dwarf Pleco
Rotflossen-Ohrgitterwels
Rotflossen-Saugwels
Otocinclus caudimacula
Otocinclus maculicauda
Parotocinclus steindachneri
Red Fin Dwarf Pleco
Rotflossen-Ohrgitterwels
Rotflossen-Saugwels
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Standard length (documented)
44.7 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
18 - 23 °C
pH
6.5 - 7.5
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
Free spawner
yes
Catfish Atlas 1
present
I / 5 rays
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
I / 5 rays
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
Sympatric with
Cambeva cubataonis
Cambeva davisi
Chasmocranus lopezae
Harttia kronei
Hisonotus itaimbezinho
Hisonotus leucofrenatus
Hypostomus interruptus
Isbrueckerichthys duseni
Kronichthys lacerta
Microcambeva bendego
Microglanis cottoides
Pareiorhaphis ruschii
Pseudotocinclus juquiae
Rhamdia quelen
Rineloricaria aequalicuspis
Rineloricaria kronei
Rineloricaria quadrensis
Schizolecis guntheri
Cambeva davisi
Chasmocranus lopezae
Harttia kronei
Hisonotus itaimbezinho
Hisonotus leucofrenatus
Hypostomus interruptus
Isbrueckerichthys duseni
Kronichthys lacerta
Microcambeva bendego
Microglanis cottoides
Pareiorhaphis ruschii
Pseudotocinclus juquiae
Rhamdia quelen
Rineloricaria aequalicuspis
Rineloricaria kronei
Rineloricaria quadrensis
Schizolecis guntheri
Trichomycterus jacupiranga
Astyanax eigenmanniorum
Astyanax jacuhiensis
Astyanax lacustris
Astyanax laticeps
Bryconamericus iheringii
Cichlasoma portalegrense
Corydoras ehrhardti
Deuterodon iguape
Geophagus iporanguensis
Hoplias malabaricus
Hoplias sp. aff. malabaricus
Imparfinis sp.
Oligosarcus hepsetus
Pareiorhaphis sp.
Phalloceros harpagos
Phalloceros sp.
Rineloricaria sp.
Astyanax eigenmanniorum
Astyanax jacuhiensis
Astyanax lacustris
Astyanax laticeps
Bryconamericus iheringii
Cichlasoma portalegrense
Corydoras ehrhardti
Deuterodon iguape
Geophagus iporanguensis
Hoplias malabaricus
Hoplias sp. aff. malabaricus
Imparfinis sp.
Oligosarcus hepsetus
Pareiorhaphis sp.
Phalloceros harpagos
Phalloceros sp.
Rineloricaria sp.
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 327
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 P.396
- Lechner, Walter: "Aquaristisch neue Welse aus São Paulo"
(DATZ 2/2009) - Sosna, Ernst: "Die Kleinen unter den Harnischwelsen"
(DATZ Dezember 2018) - Seidel, Ingo: "Welswelten – Bürstenhexenwelse wieder importiert“"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember 2021/Januar 2022) - Seidel, Ingo: "Die Parotocinclus-Arten – Eine sehr variable Gruppe"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2022)
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1877 "Die Süßwasserfische des südöstlichen Brasilien (IV)" (Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vol. 76, P. 222)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 268)
- Schaefer, S.A., 1996 "Type designations for some Steindachner loricariid material (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in the Natural History Museum, Vienna" (Copeia, Vol. 1996 No. 4, P. 1034)
- Ribeiro, A.C.; de A. Melo, A.L. & Pereira, E.H.L., 2002 "A new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio São Francisco basin, southeastern Brazil" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 13, P. 223)
- Garavello, J.C. & Britski, H.A., 2003 "Parotocinclus planicauda, a new species of the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae from Southeastern Brazil (Ostariophysi: Loricariidae)" (Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol. 63, P. 258)
- Gauger & Buckup, 2005 "Two new species of Hypoptopomatinae from the rio Paraíba do Sul basin, with comments on the monophyly of Parotocinclus and the Otothyrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 3 No. 4, P. 516)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 283)
- Abrahão, V.; Claro-Garcia, A.; Souza-Shibatta, L. & Shibatta, O.A., 2015 "Rapid survey of ichthyofauna from rivers and streams of coastal hydrographic regions of Santa Catarina state, Brazil" (Check List, Vol. 11 No. 5, P. 5)
- Silva, J.P. da; Tonini, L.; Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Martins-Pinheiro, R.F., 2015 "A Ictiofauna no entorno da Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi na Serra de Santa Teresa-Fundão, Espírito Santo, Brasil" (Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão, Vol. 37 No. 4, P. 474)
- Roxo, F.F.; Melo, B.F.; Silva, G.S.C. & Oliveira, C., 2017 "New species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from coastal drainages of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4232 (2), P. 266)
- Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C.; Ochoa, L.E. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2017 "Description of a new species of Gymnotocinclus from the rio Tocantins basin with phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4268 No. 3, P. 351)
- 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)
- Scotcat
- PCF
- Welse.net
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2
Hans-Georg Evers
3
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