Hypostomus niceforoi
Fowler, 1943
Synonyms
Hemiancistrus niceforoi
data deficient
Length (total)
> 30 cm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have longer fins
from genus: Standard
unknown
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 360
- Fowler, Henry W., 1943 "A Collection of Fresh-Water Fishes from Colombia, Obtained Chiefly by Brother Nicéforo Maria " (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 95, P. 250)
- Hoover, J.J.; Murphy, C.E. & Killgore, K.J., 2014 "Ecological Impacts of Suckermouth Catfishes (Loricariidae) in North America: A Conceptual Model" (Aquatic Nuisance Species Research Program, Vol. 14 No. 1)
- Armbruster, J.W.; Werneke, D.C. & Tan, M., 2015 "Three new species of saddled loricariid catfishes, and a review of Hemiancistrus, Peckoltia, and allied genera (Siluriformes)" (ZooKeys, Vol. 480, P. 99)
- Matamoros, W.A.; McMahan, C.D.; Mejia, C.R.; House, P.H.; Armbruster, J. & Chakrabarty, P., 2016 "First Record of the Non-Native Suckermouth Armored Catfish Hypostomus cf. niceforoi (Fowler 1943) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Central America" (Occasional Papers Museum of Natural Science, No. 87)
- 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. 82)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Ballen, G.A.; Herrera-R, G.A.; Zamudio, J., Herrera-Collazos; E.E.; DoNascimiento, C.; Prada-Pedreros, S. & Maldonado-Ocampo, A., 2018 "Fishes of the Cusiana River (Meta River basin, Colombia), with an identification key to its species" (ZooKeys, No. 733, P. 76)
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