Ancistrus dolichopterus (L 183)
Kner, 1854
dolichos (gr.) = lang + pteron = Flosse.
Synonyms
Blauer Antennenwels
Bodó seda (BRA)
Cascudo negro aba branca (BRA)
Hypostoma punctatum
im Handel auch: Tüpfel-Antennenwels
Starlight bristlenose catfish
Uassi
Weißsaum-Antennenwels
Xenocara dolichoptera
Bodó seda (BRA)
Cascudo negro aba branca (BRA)
Hypostoma punctatum
im Handel auch: Tüpfel-Antennenwels
Starlight bristlenose catfish
Uassi
Weißsaum-Antennenwels
Xenocara dolichoptera
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
4.0 - 6.0
Type of water
Clear water, White water, Black water
Substrate
rocks
In water
deadwood
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
vegetables, pleco chips, frozen food: white and black moscito larvas
vegetables, pleco chips, frozen food: white and black moscito larvas
Eats plants
yes
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.
Standard,With side entrance
multiple
A very low pH (4.0 to 4.5) is advised.
A very low pH (4.0 to 4.5) is advised.
fin edging: white
8 - 10 soft rays
fin edging: white
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
8 - 10 soft rays
fin edging: white
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
The species remains in the aquarium significantly below 20 cm.
Sympatric with
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 375
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.154
- Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse" edition: 1 (2008) P.
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.165
- Kochsiek, Wolfgang: "Blauer Harnischwels, der echte"
(DATZ 12/2009 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Antennenwelse der Gattung Ancistrus - Facettenreich wie kaum eine andere Harnischwelsgattung"
(aquaristik - Aktuelle Süßwasserpraxis 2/2010 - "Wels - Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Steckbrief von Ancistrus dolichopterus (L183)"
(DATZ 4/2011 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Geiger, Matthias: "Schuppige Neuankömmlinge in der Europäischen Union"
(DATZ 08/2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Diehl, Klaus: "Rätselhafte Antennenwelse"
(aqualog / terralog - News Nr. 104 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Lechner, Walter: "Manaus - wo Negro und Solimoes zusammentreffen"
(DATZ 06/2014 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Lechner, Walter: "Manaus - wo Negro und Solimões zusammentreffen (5)"
(DATZ 12/2014 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Schwarzwasser Welse"
(aquaristik 4/2017) - Steack, Dr. Wolfgang: "Rio Negro - Beobachtungen zu seiner Fischfauna und ihrer Ökologie (1)"
(DATZ August 2019) - Lechner, Walter: "Mit Diskusfischernam Rio Purus"
(DATZ September 2020)
- Kner, R., 1854 "Die Hypostomiden. Zweite Hauptgruppe der Familie der Panzerfische" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 7, P. 274)
- Garg, T.; Domingos Moreira, F.X.; Maria, V.; Almeida-Val, V.M.F. & Val A.L., 2010 "Histochemistry and functional organization of the dorsal skin of Ancistrus dolichopterus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol 8 No. 4, P. 877)
- Seidel, Ingo, 2012 "Die kurze Saison für Weißsaum-Antennenwelse hat begonnen" (aqua-global Newsletter)
- Collins, R.A.; Ribeiro, E.D.; Machado, V.N.; Hrbek, T. & Farias,I.P. , 2015 "A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nhamundá, Brazil (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes)" (Biodiversity Data Journal, 3: e4162)
- Oliveira, R.R. de; Zuanon, J.; Zawadzki, C.H. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L., 2015 "Ancistrus maximus, a new species of red-dotted armored catfish from rio Branco, Roraima State, Brazilian Amazon (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, Vol. 26 No. 1, P. 73)
- Souza, L.S. de; Taphorn, D.C. & Armbruster, J.W., 2019 "Review of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the northwestern Guiana Shield, Orinoco Andes, and adjacent basins with description of six new species" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4552 No. 1, P. 62)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2, 3
11, 12
Rudolph Kner (1854) (PD)
13, 14
Robert H. Schomburgk (1841)
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