Dekeyseria niveata

La Monde, 1929
 
 
Family
 
Subfamily
 
Tribe
 
Group
 
Genus
Synonyms
Peckoltia niveata
Plecostomus niveatus
Length (total)
approx.  15 cm
Standard length (documented)
130.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
caño Pescado near La Esmeralda

Amazonas

Venezuela

río Orinoco → Caribic

˜[ 3.175,-65.545 ]
Map to Dekeyseria niveata
High above sea level
~100 m
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: look to head shape and pectoral fins
from genus: Cleaves
unknown
 
 
 
present
I / 4 rays
straight
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 rays
Possibly identical with Dekeyseria scaphirhyncha (L 216)
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. 383
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