Crossoloricaria cephalaspis
Isbrücker, 1979
after Cephalaspis Agassiz, 1835, a fossil species alluding to the surface
Synonyms
Colombian Mouthbrooding Whiptail
Pseudohemiodon sp. "Rio Magdalena"
Pseudohemiodon sp. "Rio Magdalena"
Length (total)
approx. 13 cm
Standard length (documented)
108.9 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
20 - 26 °C
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sand
necessary
lip breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
Sympatric with
not known
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 (2005) P.626
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1978 "Descriptions préliminaires de nouveaux taxa de la famille des Loricariidae, poissons-chats cuirassés néotropicaux, avec un catalogue critique de la sous-famille nominale (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Revue Francaise dáquariologie, Vol. 5 No. 4)
- Krings, W.; Konn‑Vetterlein, D.; Hausdorf, B. & Gorb, S.N., 2023 "Holding in the stream: convergent evolution of suckermouth structures in Loricariidae (Siluriformes)" (Frontiers in Zoology, Vol. 20 No. 1, P. 37)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2, 3
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