brevis (lat.) = short
Synonyms
Head-spot dwarf pleco
Hemiancistrus brevis
Purus-Zwergschilderwels
Hemiancistrus brevis
Purus-Zwergschilderwels
Length (total)
approx. 13 cm
Standard length (documented)
105.7 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
5.0 - 7.0
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Odontodes on the back body, caudal peduncle and caudal upper rays
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
present
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
dark stripes/ribbons
II / 7 rays
dark stripes/ribbons
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
dark stripes/ribbons
II / 7 rays
dark stripes/ribbons
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
At Peckoltia sp. "L205" fine dots ends on the dorsale, but at Peckoltia brevis fine dots ends significantly before the dorsal. Peckoltia brevis has compared to Peckoltia sp. ""L 205"" a reddish seam on fins.
On the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
10/November/2020
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 392
- Schraml, Erwin, 2004 "Alte und neue LDA-Nummern - Zur Identifikation einiger Harnischwelse" (Das Aquarium) P. 22
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 P.636 - 637
- Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse" edition: 1 (2008) P.162
- Seidel, Ingo: "Über die Revision der Gattung Peckoltia durch Jonathan W. Armbruster"
(Amazonas September/Oktober 2008) - Haagensen, Haakon: "Peckoltia furcata"
(Amazonas Mai / Juni 2016 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Bertelsen, Erlend D.: "Auf Elfenwels-Fang am Río Ucayali"
(DATZ September 2020)
- LaMonte F.R., 1935 "Fishes From Rio Jurua and Rio Purus, Brazilian Amazonas" (American Museum Novitates, No. 784, P. 3)
- Armbruster, A.W., 2008 "The genus Peckoltia with the description of two new species and a reanalysis of the phylogeny of the genera of the Hypostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1822)
- de Oliveira, R.R.; Zuanon, J.; Rapp Py-Daniel, L. & Rocha, M.S., 2010 "Peckoltia compta, a new species of catfish from the Brazilian Amazon, rio Tapajós basin (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 2534, P. 55)
- Seidel, I., 2015 "Mal wieder Peckoltia brevis" (Newsletter Fa. aqua-global)
- 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)
- Armbruster, J.W. & Lujan, N.K., 2016 "A new species of Peckoltia from the Upper Orinoco (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (ZooKeys, Vol. 569, P. 116)
- 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. 81)
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