odonto = tooth; tumulus = mound;
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
174.6 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
26 - 29 °C
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
substrate breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
 
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
07/July/2010
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 333
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 1 (2002) P.424
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 (2005) P.462
- Retzer, M.E. & Page, L.M., 1997 "Systematics of the stick catfishes, farlowella eigenmann & eigenmann (pisces, loricariidae)" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 147, P. 57)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 238)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 112)
- Terán, G.E.; Ballen, G.A.; Alonso, F.; Aguilera, G. & Mirande, J.M., 2019 "A new species of Farlowella (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Bermejo River, La Plata River basin, northwestern Argentina" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 17 No. 2)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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