Acestridium triplax

Rodriguez & Reis, 2007
Acestridium triplax, MPEG 13355, holotype, 55.5 mm SL, female, Igarapé Mutum, Jurutí, Amazonas river Basin, Pará, Brazil
tri = drei, plax=Platte, in Hinblick auf drei Platten am Hinterkörper
 
Family
 
Subfamily
Synonyms
Whiptail Catfish
Length (total)
approx.  7 cm
Standard length (documented)
55.4 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.0 - 7.0

Pará (BRA)

Brazil

rio Aruã → rio Arapiuns → rio Tapajós | lago do Curumucuri | igarapé Juruti Grande ⇒ Amazonas → Atlantic NE

[ -2.613,-56.194 ]
Map to Acestridium triplax
Habitat river width
5.00 - 10.00 m
(Prefered) River depth
< 1.00 m
Type of water
Clear water, Black water
Flow
normal
Substrate
sand
On the riverbank
forest
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Algaes!
Eats plants
not known
Animal care
difficult
unknown
 
 
 
absent
I / 5 rays
12 soft rays
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 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
Pic. 2: Acestridium triplax, MPEG 13355, holotype, 55.5 mm SL, female, Igarapé Mutum, Jurutí, Amazonas river Basin, Pará, Brazil
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