Hypancistrus inspector
Armbruster, 2002
Inspector with respect to the big eyes
Synonyms
Schneeball-Harnischwels
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
125.9 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
algae, detritus, seed
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Males have a a wider head and stronger odontodes. Females have a wider waist.
Standard
from
to
Quantity
Temp.
29
29
pH
GH
KH
6
NO³
Cond.
150
300
present
I / (3 -) 4 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
bright dots
fin edging: black
II / 7 rays
bright dots
fin edging: black
6 soft rays
bright dots
5 soft rays
bright dots
I / (3 -) 4 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
bright dots
fin edging: black
II / 7 rays
bright dots
fin edging: black
6 soft rays
bright dots
5 soft rays
bright dots
On the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
20/March/2021
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 387
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.580
- Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse" edition: 1 (2008) P.110
- Seidel, Ingo "Hypancistrus Fibel" edition: 1 (2010) P.20 - 21
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.98
- Seidel, Ingo: "L 201 - ein attraktiver und häufig verwechselter Harnischwels"
(Aquarium Fachmagazin Oktober / November 2011 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Haagensen, Haakon & Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Ein weiterer Phantomwels aus Kolumbien"
(DATZ 07/2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Schwarzwasser Welse"
(aquaristik 4/2017) - Grant, Steve; Bennett-Leaver, Jacqueline Heijmen & Haagensen, Haakon : "Ein neuer L-Wels aus dem Río-Vaupés-Einzug (Kolumbien)"
(DATZ März 2018) - Seidel, Ingo: "Welswelten – Wissenswertes, Neues und Ungewöhnliches"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin August/September 2019)
- Armbruster, J. W., 2002 "Hypancistrus inspector: A New Species of Suckermouth Armored Catfish (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae)"
- Seidel, Ingo, 2013 "Es gibt wieder Schneeball-Hypancistrus" (aqua-global Newsletter, 5)
- Seidel, Ingo, 2015 "Es gibt wieder Schneeball-Hypancistrus!" (aqua-global Newsletter, 9)
- Tan, Milton & Armbruster, Jonathan, 2016 "Two new species of spotted Hypancistrus from the Rio Negro drainage (Loricariidae, Hypostominae)" (ZooKeys 552: 123-135 (13 Jan 2016), P. 134)
- Vermehrung von Hypancistrus inspector
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 81)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2, 3
Ralf Otto
5
T. Pfeiffer
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
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