pitanga (Tupi-Guarani) = red; because the red fins
Synonyms
Flame Pleco
Pseudacanthicus sp. aff. serratus
Red Fin Cactus Pleco
Rotflossen-Kaktuswels
Pseudacanthicus sp. aff. serratus
Red Fin Cactus Pleco
Rotflossen-Kaktuswels
Length (total)
> 40 cm
Standard length (documented)
300.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.0
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
nein
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males: wider head, often larger dorsal, often more attractive colored
from genus: Standard
yes
 
present
I / 4 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
short filament upper
short filament lower
I / 8 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
short filament upper
short filament lower
I / 8 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.86
- Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse" edition: 1 (2008) P.174
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.25
- Das Aquarium 6/95 S.23
- amazonas 4 / 2008 S.17 - 23
- Seidel, Ingo: "Rotflossige Kaktuswelse aus Brasilien"
(Amazonas Juli/August 2008) - Evers, Hans-Georg: "Neuigkeiten aus Brasilien"
(Amazonas November/Dezember 2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Schäfer, Frank: "Kaktuswels beschrieben"
(DATZ 087/2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "L24 endlich beschrieben: Pseudacanthicus pitanga"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Aug./Sep. 2015) - Weidner, Thomas: "L24 wissenschaftlich beschrieben"
(Amazonas September/Oktober 2015 – “Wels-Presseschau”) - Redaktion aquaristik: "Neuer alter Bekannter"
(aquaristik 6/2015 - "Wels-Presseschau")
- Chamon, Carine C., 2015 "Pseudacanthicus pitanga: a new species of Ancistrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypostominae) from rio Tocantins Basin, North Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3973, P. 309)
- Kilian, Bernd, 1989 "Neue Harnischwelse" (DATZ, 5)
- Seidel, Ingo, 2015 "Schöne Kaktuswelse aus Brasilien Pseudacanthicus sp. L24; Pseudacanthicus sp. L273)" (aqua-global Newsletter, No. 35)
- Seidel, I., 2015 "Traumhaft schöne L 024" (Newsletter Fa. aqua-global)
- Chamon, C.C. & Sousa, L.M., 2016 "A new species of the leopard pleco genus Pseudacanthicus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Xingu, Brazil" (Journal of Fish Biology, P. 13)
- Chamon, C.C.; Costa e Silva, T. , 2018 "Pseudacanthicus major: description of one of the largest known Loricariidae (Hypostominae: Ancistrini), a species from rio Tocantins basin, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4387 No. 3, P. 507)
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