Acestridium dichromum

Retzer, Nico & Provenzano, 1999
Acestridium dichromum
di = 2, chroma (gr.) = color
 
Family
 
Subfamily
Synonyms
Green Whiptail
Length (total)
approx.  7 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
23 - 26 °C
pH
5.0 - 6.5
pozo Lucas near San Fernando de Atabapo, ➀ rio Negro, ➀ río Ventuari, ➀ río Casiquiare, caño Curicurito, ➀ río Sipapo, upper / middle ➀ río Orinoco -, middle ➀ Amazonas = rio  Solimões basin

Amazonas

Brazil, Venezuela

río Orinoco → Caribic ↓ rio Negro → Amazonas → Atlantic NE

[ 4.033,-67.700 ]
Map to Acestridium dichromum
Type of water
Clear water, Black water
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Algaes!
Eats plants
not known
Animal care
difficult! Probably on glass.
unknown
 
 
 
can change color between green and brown
Sympatric with
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
last seen on a
german stock list
29/January/2022
  • Retzer, M.E., Nico, L.G. & Provenzano R., F. , 1999 "Two new species of Acestridium (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from southern Venezuela, with observations on camouflage and color change" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters) P. 313
  • Schlüter, M., "Acestridium dichromum" (Amazonas) P. 78
  • H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1"  edition: 1 (2002) P.290 - 291
  • H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1"  edition: 2 (2005) P.300 - 301
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