Hisonotus notatus
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
(Type species)
Synonyms
Black Otocinclus
Microlepidogaster notatus
Otocinclus notatus
Microlepidogaster notatus
Otocinclus notatus
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 4 cm
Standard length (documented)
32.2 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
22 - 24 °C
pH
6.5 - 7.5
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
5 soft rays
(13 -) 14 soft rays
(6 -) 7 soft rays
(5 -) 6 soft rays
5 soft rays
(13 -) 14 soft rays
(6 -) 7 soft rays
(5 -) 6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 323
- Seidel, Ingo "Ingos Harnischwelszucht" edition: 1 (2010) P.129
- Seidel, Ingo: "Ohrgitterwelse – Eine variable und systematisch schwierige Gruppe"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2022)
- Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S., 1889 "Preliminary Notes on South American Nemotognathi II" (Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 2 Ser. 2, P. 41)
- Martins, F.O. & Langeani, F., 2016 "Redescription of Hisonotus notatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), the type species of the genus, and description of a new species from coastal drainages of southeastern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol 14 No. 2)
- Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C.; Waltz, B.T. & Melo, J.E.G., 2016 "A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Otothyrinae) from the upper rio Paraná and rio São Francisco basins, Brazil" (Zootaxa , Vol. 4109 No. 2, P. 236)
- Roxo, F.F.; Melo, B.F.; Silva, G.S.C. & Oliveira, C., 2017 "New species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from coastal drainages of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4232 (2), P. 267)
- Calegari, B.B.; Morlis, W.G. & Reis, R.E., 2017 "A new species of Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Río Paraná basin, Paraguay, with a discussion of the limits between Otothyropsis and Hisonotus" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4244, No. 2, P. 244)
- Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C.; Ochoa, L.E. & Zawadzki, C.H., 2017 "Description of a new species of Gymnotocinclus from the rio Tocantins basin with phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4268 No. 3, P. 351)
- Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C. & Melo, B.F., 2018 "Hisonotus devidei, a new species from the São Francisco basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) " (Journal of Fish Biology)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2
Hans-Georg Evers
3, 4
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