Synonyms
Loricaria laeviuscula
Loricaria leviuscula
Loricariichthys laeviuscula
Loricaria leviuscula
Loricariichthys laeviuscula
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Amazonas (BRA), Amazons (VEN), Pará (BRA)
Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
rio Branco → rio Negro → Amazonas ⇒ Atlantic NE
˜[ -2.061,-56.129 ]
Type of water
Clear water, Black water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
lip breeder
from genus: yes
yes
use a leaf to brood care
use a leaf to brood care
 
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
09/October/2019
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 340
- Seidel, Ingo: "Die Harnischwelse des Rio Uraricoera (Rio-Negro-Becken, Brasilien)"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin August/September 2008) - Seidel, Ingo: "Die Harnischwelse des Rio Jauaperi in Brasilien"
(Aquaristik-Fachmagazin Okt./Nov. 2008)
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Vol. 15, P. 476)
- 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. 284)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 124)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1981 "Revision of Loricaria Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Beaufortia, Vol. 31 No. 3, P. 88)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 289)
- Collins, R.A.; Ribeiro, E.D.; Machado, V.N.; Hrbek, T. & Farias,I.P. , 2015 "A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nhamundá, Brazil (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes)" (Biodiversity Data Journal, 3: e4162)
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