Ancistomus furcata
Fowler, 1940
furcatus from forked, because the long caudal fin
Synonyms
Chaetostoma furcatum
Peckoltia furcata
Peckoltia furcata
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.5
Type of water
White water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Männchen haben einen breiteren Kopf, eine schmalere Taille und eine spitzere Genitalpapille, ggf. sind die Interopercularodontoden kräftig/länger.
from genus: Standard
unknown
not known
- Seidel, Ingo: "Über die Revision der Gattung Peckoltia durch Jonathan W. Armbruster"
(Amazonas September/Oktober 2008) - Haagensen, Haakon: "Peckoltia furcata"
(Amazonas Mai / Juni 2016 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Fowler, Henry W., 1939 "A Collection of Fishes Obtained by Mr. William C. Morrow in the Ucayali River Basin, Peru" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 91, P. 238)
- Armbruster, A.W., 2008 "The genus Peckoltia with the description of two new species and a reanalysis of the phylogeny of the genera of the Hypostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1822)
- PCF
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