spilos (gr.) - blot, soma (gr.) - body
Synonyms
Gold Spot Dwarf Pleco
Parotocinclus sp. "Pernambuco"
Parotocinclus sp. "Recife"
Plecostomus spilosoma
Parotocinclus sp. "Pernambuco"
Parotocinclus sp. "Recife"
Plecostomus spilosoma
Length (total)
approx. 5 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
22 - 28 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.5
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
yes
from
to
Quantity
80
Temp.
28
28
pH
7.20
7.20
GH
3
3
KH
NO³
Cond.
present
5 soft rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
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
28/October/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. 326
- Fowler, Henry W., 1941 "A Collection of Fresh-Water Fishes obtained in Eastern Brazil By Dr. Rudolpho Von Ihering" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 93, P. 152)
- Lehmann, P.; Braun, B.K., Pereira, E.H.L. & Reis, R.E., 2013 "A New Species of the Hypoptopomatinae Catfish Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), from the Headwaters of the Rio Jequitinhonha, Brazil" (Copeia, Vol. 2013 No. 3, P. 437)
- Ramos, T.P.A.; Barros-Neto, L.F.; Britski, H.A. & Lima S.M.Q., 2013 "Parotocinclus seridoensis, a new hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Piranhas-Açu basin, northeastern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 11 No. 4, P. 788)
- Lehmann, A.P.; Lazzarotto, H. & Reis, R.E., 2014 "Parotocinclus halbothi, a new species of small armored catfish (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the Trombetas and Marowijne River basins, in Brazil and Suriname" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 1, P. 32)
- Ramos, T.P.A.; Lehmann, P.; Barros-Neto, L.F. & Lima, S.M.Q., 2016 "Redescription of the endangered hypoptopomatine catfish Parotocinclus spilurus (Fowler, 1941) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Jaguaribe basin, northeastern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 14 No. 1)
- Silva, M.J.; Ramos, T.P.A.; Carvalho, F.R.; Brito, M.F.G.; ramos, R.T.C.; Rosa, R.S.; Sánchez-Botero, J.I.; Novaes, J.L.C.; Costa, R.S. & Lima, S.M.Q., 2020 "Freshwater fish richness baseline from the São Francisco Interbasin Water Transfer Project in the Brazilian Semiarid" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 18 No. 4)
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