Liposarcus disjunctivus/Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus
Weber, 1991
Synonyms
Linien-Segelschilderwels
Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus
Vermiculated Sailfin Catfish
Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus
Vermiculated Sailfin Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 60 cm
Standard length (documented)
215.8 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
22 - 28 °C
Amazonas (BRA), Rondônia, Beni
Brazil, Bolivia
río Alto Beni → río Beni | río Itonomas → río Guaporé → río Mamoré ⇒ rio Madeira → Amazonas → Atlantic NE
˜[ -7.520,-63.016 ]
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
in ponds (Asia)
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
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Weber, C., 1992 "Révision du genre Pterygoplichthys sensu lato (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie) P. 12
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.1172
- Geiger, Matthias: "Schuppige Neuankömmlinge in der Europäischen Union"
(DATZ 08/2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Schäfer, Frank: "Ein neuer Snowking-Pleco"
(aqualog / terralog - News Nr. 104 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Hablützel, Pascal: "Verbreitung und Ökologie der Segelschilderwelse Boliviens (1)"
(DATZ 01/2014 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Krönke, Dr. Frank: "Neozoe Fische & Co. – Verbreitung, Gefahren, Verantwortung"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Februar/März 2015)
- Weber, Claude, 1991 "Nouveaux taxa dans Pterygoplichthys sensu lato (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Revue Suisse de Zoologie, Vol.98, P. 638)
- Hoover, J.J.; Murphy, C.E. & Killgore, K.J., 2014 "Ecological Impacts of Suckermouth Catfishes (Loricariidae) in North America: A Conceptual Model" (Aquatic Nuisance Species Research Program, Vol. 14 No. 1)
- Gibbs, M.A. & Groff, B.W., 2014 "Patterns of aerial respiration by Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Loricariidae) in Volusia Blue Spring, Florida" (Florida Scientist, Vol. 77 No. 2 , P. 53)
- Bijikumar, A.; Smrithy, R.; Sureshkumar, U. & George, S., 2015 "Invasion of South American suckermouth armoured catfishes Pterygoplichthys spp. (Loricariidae) in Kerala, India - a case study" (Journal of Threatened Taxa, Vol. 7 No. 3, P. 6987)
- Meena, M. & Sundaramanickam, A. & Ajith Kumar, T.T. , 2016 "Occurrence of a Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Weber, 1991) population in Cauvery River System, Tamil Nadu, South India" (International Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture; Vol. 8(6), pp. 62-66, June 2016 )
- Orfinger, A.B. & Goodding, D.D., 2018 "The Global Invasion of the Suckermouth Armored Catfish Genus Pterygoplichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): Annotated List of Species, Distributional Summary, and Assessment of Impacts" (Zoological Studies, Vol 57 No. 7)
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for the pictures
Michael Csisar
1, 2, 3
Gabriel E Valenzuela aka "GEV83"
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