Etymology
dolichos (gr.) = long + genus Ancistrus
Synonyms
Length (total)
10 - 18 cm
Body height
very flat
Coloring
brown or grey, partly light pattern
Fins
present
3 - 5 soft rays
14 soft rays
(7 - ) 8 - 9 ( - 11) soft rays
Sex difference
males have longer pectoral fins
Breeding behavior
Others
2 conspicuously long odontodes behind the interoperculum
Strinking
of them
of them
"rubber mouth", many small bristles along the snout
Similar Genus
Additional literatur
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" S.465 - 467
- Braitmayer, Sabrina: "L-Nummern aus Kolumbien (I)"
(DATZ 11/2010 - "Wels-Presseschau")
Internet sources
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22)
- Ballen, G.A. & Vari, R.P., 2012 "Review of the Andean armored catfishes of the genus Dolichancistrus Isbrücker (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol 10 Nr. 3, P. 501)
- Armbruster
Species
Species
Country
Origin
Country
Origin
Length
(cm)
(cm)
AQ
(cm)
(cm)
T.
(°C)
(°C)
Bree
ding
ding
Dolichancistrus atratoensis
Dahl, 1960
Colombia
río Cubarradó, quebrada La Noche bei El Carmen de Atrato, quebrada La Aguada, quebrada La Crespa, río Tutunendo, río Venados, oberer río Atrato-Einzug
(Antioquia, Chocó)
Dahl, 1960
Colombia
río Cubarradó, quebrada La Noche bei El Carmen de Atrato, quebrada La Aguada, quebrada La Crespa, río Tutunendo, río Venados, oberer río Atrato-Einzug
(Antioquia, Chocó)
15
100
unknown
Dolichancistrus carnegiei
Eigenmann, 1916
Colombia
quebrada de Honda, río Fonce = río San Gil, quebrada Santa Rosa, río Baipé, río Magdalena-Einzug
(Santander, Boyacá)
Eigenmann, 1916
Colombia
quebrada de Honda, río Fonce = río San Gil, quebrada Santa Rosa, río Baipé, río Magdalena-Einzug
(Santander, Boyacá)
18
120
22 - 26
unknown
Dolichancistrus cobrensis
Schultz, 1944
Colombia, Venezuela
río Cobre, quebrada La Lejia = quebrada La Legia, río San Antonio, río Pamplonita
(Táchira, Norte de Santander)
Schultz, 1944
Colombia, Venezuela
río Cobre, quebrada La Lejia = quebrada La Legia, río San Antonio, río Pamplonita
(Táchira, Norte de Santander)
12
80
22 - 26
unknown
Dolichancistrus fuesslii (L 442)
Steindachner, 1911
Colombia
río Negro, río Cravo Sur-Einzug bei Yopal, río Duda, río Cusiana, Susumuco - irrtümlich als Sosomoco
(Meta, Casanare)
Steindachner, 1911
Colombia
río Negro, río Cravo Sur-Einzug bei Yopal, río Duda, río Cusiana, Susumuco - irrtümlich als Sosomoco
(Meta, Casanare)
16
120
24 - 28
unknown
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