Ancistrus verecundus

Fisch-Muller, Cardoso,da Silva, Bertaco, 2005
Ancistrus verecundus, Holotype
verecundas (lat.) - bashful, modest; because of the missing or poorly developed tentacles on the mouth
 
Family
 
Subfamily
 
Tribe
 
Group
 
Genus
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx.  7 cm
Standard length (documented)
54.6 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
igarapé Piracolina near Vilhena (endemic)

Rondônia

Brazil

rio Comemoração → rio Barão de Melgaço → rio Ji-Paraná → rio Madeira → Amazonas → Atlantic NE

[ -12.726,-60.193 ]
Map to Ancistrus verecundus
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: The males have more and longer tentacle on the head. Often females have only short tentacle/stublles anlong the mouth.
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
 
 
absent
possibly rudimentary
I / 4 rays
(13 -) 14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 (- 8) rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
Cetopsorhamdia clathrata
Moenkhausia cambacica
Moenkhausia parecis
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
Pic. 2: Ancistrus verecundus, Holotype
Pic. 3: Ancistrus verecundus, MCP 35572, holotype, male, 53.7 mm SL; igarapé Piracolina, upper rio Madeira basin, Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil
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