Scobinancistrus aureatus (L 14)
Burgess, 1994
autreatus (lat.) = golden
Synonyms
Acari Picota Ouro
Acari-da-pedra
Goldener Pfauenharnischwels
Goldie Pleco
Sonnenwels
Sunshine Pleco
Acari-da-pedra
Goldener Pfauenharnischwels
Goldie Pleco
Sonnenwels
Sunshine Pleco
vulnerable
Length (total)
approx. 40 cm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.0 - 7.0
(Prefered) River depth
0.50 - 20.00 m
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
normal - strong
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
small crustaceans, spongefragments (Porifera / Spicules), algae
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: head shape
from genus: Standard
Catfish Atlas 2
from
to
Quantity
Temp.
28
31
pH
6.00
7.50
GH
4
15
KH
7
8
NO³
Cond.
On the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Burgess, W.E., 1994 "Scobinancistrus aureatus, a new species of loricariid catfish from the Rio Xingu (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae)" (Tropical Fish Hobbyist) P. 236
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 395
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.918
- Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse" edition: 1 (2008) P.188 - 189
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.16
- Das Aquarium 10/93 S.4
- amazonas März/April 2012 S.44 - 47 : (Zucht)
- Rahardja, Rajanta Sinardja: "Erfolgreiche Nachzucht des Sonnenwelses Scobinancistrus aureatus"
(Amazonas März/April 2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Perez, Mark Sabaj: "Neuigkeiten vom Rio Xingu"
(Amazonas Januar / Februar 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Nach Belo Monte geht am Rio Xingu die Sonne auf"
(Amazonas Januar/Februar 2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Zwischen Salmlern und Welsen am Grunde des Rio Xingu"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember 2015 / Januar 2016) - Tuccinardi, Michael J.: "Abschied vom Rio Xingu"
(Amazonas Juli / August 2016 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Changes in the Brazilian fish export ban and how affects you"
(Journal of the Catfish Study Group 3/2016) - Seidel, Ingo: "Welswelten – Wissenswertes, Neues und Ungewöhnliches"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin August/September 2018)
- Armbruster, J.W., 2004 "Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae" (abstract) (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, P. 53)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 296)
- Cardoso, A.L.; Sales, K.A.H.; Nagamachi, C.Y.; Pieczarka, J.C. & Noronha, R.C.R., 2013 "Comparative cytogenetics of two species of genus Scobinancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Ancistrini) from the Xingu River, Brazil" (Comparative Cytogenetics, Vol. 7 No. 1, P. 43)
- Ayres-Alves, T.; Cardoso, A.; Nagamachi, C.; Souza, L.M.; Pieczarka, J.C. & Noronha, R., 2017 "Karyotypic Evolution and Chromosomal Organization of Repetitive DNA Sequences in Species of Panaque , Panaqolus , and Scobinancistrus (Siluriformes and Loricariidae) from the Amazon Basin" (Zebrafish, Vol. 14 No. 3)
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 399)
- Krings, W.; Konn‑Vetterlein, D.; Hausdorf, B. & Gorb, S.N., 2023 "Holding in the stream: convergent evolution of suckermouth structures in Loricariidae (Siluriformes)" (Frontiers in Zoology, Vol. 20 No. 1, P. 37)
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Mike Robson
6, 7, 8, 9
T. Pfeiffer
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