macros (gr.) - great, odon (gr.) - tooth
Synonyms
Loricaria macrodon
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
268.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
20 - 26 °C
pH
5.0 - 7.0
Type of water
White water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Sand
necessary
lip breeder
yes
Catfish Atlas 1
from
to
Quantity
30
Temp.
22
25
pH
6.50
6.50
GH
KH
NO³
Cond.
150
150
malles are sitting on the brood care on wood or stones
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
20/February/2018
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 331
- Weidner, P. &. T., 2004 "Brochiloricaria macrodon - ein alter Bekannter erstmals im Aquarium gepflegt und gezüchtet" (Das Aquarium) P. 18
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 1 (2002) P.523 - 524
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 (2005) P.574 - 578
- Seidel, Ingo: "Lippenbrüter als erfolgreiche Fortpflanzungsstrategie"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Aug./Sep. 2015)
- Kner, R., 1854 "Die Panzerwelse des k. k. Hof-Naturalien-Cabinetes zu Wien - I. Loricarinae" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 6, P. 79)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 292)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 119)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1981 "Revision of Loricaria Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Beaufortia, Vol. 31 No. 3, P. 88)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 227)
- Britski, H.A.; Silimon, K.Z.S. & Lopes, B.S., 2007 "Peixes do Pantanal-Manual de Identificação"
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2
Rudolph Kner (1854) (PD)
3
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