Ancistrus sp. "L 309"

Ancistrus sp. "L 309"
 
Family
 
Subfamily
 
Tribe
 
Group
 
Genus
Synonyms
Ancistrus sp. "Green Spot" (N-EU)
Bigmouth Bristlenose
Blotched Bristlenose Pleco
Großmaul-Antennenwels
Length (total)
approx.  12 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.0 - 7.0
rio Tapajós upstream São Luís

Pará (BRA)

Brazil

Amazonas

˜[ -4.457,-56.268 ]
Map to Ancistrus sp. "L 309"
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
strong
Substrate
rocks
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: The males have more and longer tentacle on the head. Often females have only short tentacle/stublles anlong the mouth.
from genus: Standard
Catfish Atlas 2
 
 
 
fin edging: white 
fin edging: white 
initially had the number L 298, which was assigned twice
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
last seen on a
german stock list
29/January/2022
  • Warzel, F., 2002 "Ungewöhnlicher Saugwels aus dem Tapajós" (DATZ) P. 24
  • I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2"  edition: 1 (2005) P.216
  • A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse"  edition: 1 (2005) P.252
Pic. 2: Ancistrus sp. "L 309"
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2
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