Hypancistrus zebra (L 46)
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1991
(Type species)
on the basis of the pattern
Synonyms
critical endangered
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Standard length (documented)
64.1 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
15 years
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Type of water
Clear water
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Omnivore (carnivor oriented): frozen food, brine shrimp, pleco chips, white and black moscito larvas, krill
Omnivore (carnivor oriented): frozen food, brine shrimp, pleco chips, white and black moscito larvas, krill
Eats plants
ggf. als Juvenile
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Animal care
Males have wider head, females have a wider waist
approx. 1.75 years
from genus: Standard
multiple
from
to
Quantity
13
Temp.
28
30
pH
6.00
7.20
GH
2
5
KH
1
3
NO³
10
35
Cond.
132
289
present
I / 4 rays
(12 -) 14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
stripes/ribbons
I / 7 rays
stripes/ribbons
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
(12 -) 14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
stripes/ribbons
I / 7 rays
stripes/ribbons
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Export of this especie is banned in Brazil since December 2004.
Early 2010 the Brazil government decided to implement the dam on the Rio Xingu. Thus, the natural habitat of this species is endangered.
Hypancistrus zebra and the positive list of Brazil
Early 2010 the Brazil government decided to implement the dam on the Rio Xingu. Thus, the natural habitat of this species is endangered.
Hypancistrus zebra and the positive list of Brazil
Sympatric with
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
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
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- Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse" edition: 1 (2008) P.117
- Seidel, Ingo "Hypancistrus Fibel" edition: 1 (2010) P.56 - 57
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.44
- Falk, Astrid: "Es geht auch anders"
(DATZ 11/2008) - Kinlechner, Elko: "Arbeitsgruppe L-Welse"
(Mitteilungen des VDA Arbeitskreis Barben-Salmler-Schmerlen-Welse 4/2008) - Beye, Uwe: "Diskus und Hypancistrus zebra – Eine Reportage über eine erfolgreiche Vergesellschaftung"
(Aquarium live Juni/Juli 2009) - Seidel, Ingo: "Erhaltungszucht von Harnischwelsen im Aquarium"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Juni/Juli 2009) - Andresen, Håvard Støre: "Aquascaping für Harnischwelse"
(Amazonas November/Dezember 2009 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Redaktion Amazonas: "Staudammprojekt freigegeben"
(Amazonas Mai/Juni 2010 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Das 'my-fish-Aquaristik-Survive-Projekt'"
(DATZ 4/2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Perez, Mark Sabaj: "Neuigkeiten vom Rio Xingu"
(Amazonas Januar / Februar 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Haagensen, Haakon: "Chaos in Schwarz-Weiß"
(Amazonas November / Dezember 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Evers, Hans-Georg: "Harnischwelse aus Asien"
(Amazonas September/Oktober 2014 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Nach Belo Monte geht am Rio Xingu die Sonne auf"
(Amazonas Januar/Februar 2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Zwischen Salmlern und Welsen am Grunde des Rio Xingu"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember 2015 / Januar 2016) - Tuccinardi, Michael J.: "Abschied vom Rio Xingu"
(Amazonas Juli / August 2016 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Wurmlinien-Hypancistrus aus dem Rio Xingu – erstmals genau untersucht"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Oktober/November 2016) - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Changes in the Brazilian fish export ban and how affects you"
(Journal of the Catfish Study Group 3/2016) - Seidel, Ingo: "Welswelten – Wissenswertes, Neues und Ungewöhnliches"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Februar / März 2018) - Bitter, Friedrich: "Umfrage zum Zebrawels"
(Amazonas März / April 2019) - Seidel, Ingo: "Bitte meldet eure Zebrawelse an!"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Februar / März 2023) - Evers, Hans-Georg: "Zebra-Harnischwels auf CITES-Anhang II"
(Amazonas März / April 2023) - ZZF: "ZZF ernennt Zebraharnischwels zum Heimtier des Jahres 2024"
(Amazonas November / Dezember 2023)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H. & Nijssen, H., 1991 "Hypancistrus zebra, an uniquely pigmented new genus and species of ancistrine loricariid fish from the Rio Xingu, Brazil (Pisces : Siluriformes : Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 1 No. 4, P. 345)
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 346)
- Fitzgeralda, D.B.;Sabaj Perez, M.H.; Sousa, L.M.; Gonçalves, A.P.; Rapp Py-Daniel, L.; Lujan, N.K.; Zuanon, J.; Winemiller, K.O. & Lundberg, J.G., 2018 "Diversity and community structure of rapids-dwelling fishes of the Xingu River: Implications for conservation amid large-scale hydroelectric development" (Biological Conservation, Vol. 222, P. 105)
- Sousa, L.M.de; Lucanus, O.; Arroyo-Mora, J.P. & Kalacska, M., 2021 "Conservation and trade of the endangered Hypancistrus zebra (Siluriformes, Loricariidae), the most trafficked Brazilian fish" (Global Ecology and Conservation)
- Watson, I., 2023 "The Zebra Plec and CITES" (Catfish Study Group-Journal, Vol. 24 Iss. 1, P. 21)
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- Grant, S., 2024 "How the Zebra (pleco) got its stripes: Colour pattern in Hypancistrus zebra Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1991 (Loricariidae: Hypostominae)" (Catfish Study Group-Journal, Vol. 25 Iss. 1, P. 13)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Saul Paredes (Unungy’s Imports)
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