Hypancistrus furunculus (L 199)

Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007

Etymology

furunculus (lat.) = kleiner Dieb in Hinblick auf das schwarze Band über die Augen - Banditenmaske

Classification

Family

Subfamily

Tribe

Group

Genus

Synonyms

Orinoko-Tigerharnischwels

Length (total)

approx. 13 cm

Standard length (documented)

66.4 mm

Recommended tank size

100 cm

Temperature

25 - 29 °C

6.0 - 7.5

Origin

➀ río Ventuari, upper ➀ río Orinoco basin

Region

Amazonas

Countries

Venezuela

River system

Río Orinoco

GPS

[ 3.974,-67.158 ]

Type of water

Clear water

Hypancistrus - overview of habitats

Water values South America

Nutrition

Nutrition (mostly): omnivore

Hypancistrus - Overview of the natural diet

Eats plants

not known

Type of keeping

Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.

Sex difference

from genus: Males have a a wider head and stronger odontodes. Females have a wider waist.

To distinguish the sexes

Sexual maturity from

approx. 8.0 cm

Caves

from genus: Standard

Bred

welse.ch

from

Quantity

Temp.

6.70

7.80

NO³

Cond.

100

200

Fins
(Complementary with respect to the genus)

Adipose fin
Anal fin
Caudal fin

Dorsal fin

Pectoral fins
Pelvic fins

present
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
dark stripes/ribbons
II / 7 (- 8) rays
dark stripes/ribbons
6 soft rays
5 soft rays

Hypancistrus - overview of fins

Similar catfishes

Hypancistrus sp. "L 475"
Hypancistrus sp. "L 499"

Sympatric with

Baryancistrus beggini (L 239)

Information for export

not known

last seen on a
german stock list

29/January/2022

Hypancistrus - on last evaluated german stock lists

Additional literature

I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.590
Seidel, Ingo "Hypancistrus Fibel" edition: 1 (2010) P.18 - 19
A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.177