Ancistrus macrophthalmus (LDA 74)
Pellegrini, 1912
Synonyms
Xenocara macrophthalma
Großaugen-Antennenwels
Großaugen-Antennenwels
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Standard length (documented)
79.0 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Flow
strong
Substrate
rocks
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
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
Cichlidenwelt
from
to
Quantity
Temp.
25
27
pH
6.50
7.00
GH
KH
NO³
Cond.
4 soft rays
14 soft rays
I / 7 rays
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
14 soft rays
I / 7 rays
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
16/September/2021
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 376
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.166
- Lucanus, Oliver: "Fischbiotope entlang des mittleren Rio Orinoco"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Aug / Sep 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Haagensen, Haakon & Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Endlich wieder eine L-Nummer!"
(DATZ 04/2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Welswelten – Wissenswertes, Neues und Ungewöhnliches"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April/Mai 2019) - Seidel, Ingo: "Der Großaugen-Antennenwels Ancistrus macrophthalmus"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin August/September 2022)
- Pellegrin, Dr. Jacques, 1912 "Description dún Poisson Nouveau de L´Orénoque Appartenant au genre Xenocara" (Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France)
- 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. 70)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 222)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 83)
- Souza, L.S. de; Taphorn, D.C. & Armbruster, J.W., 2019 "Review of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the northwestern Guiana Shield, Orinoco Andes, and adjacent basins with description of six new species" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4552 No. 1, P. 31)
- A new species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Tapajós and Xingu basins, Brazil, 2022 "Neuhaus, E.B.; Britto, M.R.; Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sousa, L.M." (Neotropical Ichthylogy, Vol. 20 No. 1)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2, 3
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