megale (gr.) = great + Ancistrus

60 - 80 cm

massive

height

look to head and body shape

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Species
Country
Origin

Length
(cm)

AQ
(cm)

T.
(°C)

Bree
ding

Megalancistrus barrae
Steindachner, 1910
 
Brazil
Rio São Francisco, rio Paracatu, Barragem de Três Maria, rio Pará
(Bahia, Minas Gerais)

80

300

25 - 29

unknown

Megalancistrus parananus (L 113)
Peters, 1881
 
Argentinia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
Rio Paraná, río Paraguay, río Uruguay
(Altó Paraná, Itapúa, Misiones, Ñeembucú, Central, Cordillera, San Pedro, Concepción, Presidente Hayes, Rio Grande do Sul, Iguaçu, Paraná, Formosa, Chaco, Santa Fe, Entre Rios,Corrientes, Artigas, Salto, Paysandú, Rio Negro, Soriano)

80

300

20 - 27

unknown

Megalancistrus parananus (L 234)
Peters, 1881
 
Argentinia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
Rio Paraná, río Paraguay, río Uruguay
(Altó Paraná, Itapúa, Misiones, Ñeembucú, Central, Cordillera, San Pedro, Concepción, Presidente Hayes, Rio Grande do Sul, Iguaçu, Paraná, Formosa, Chaco, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, Corrientes, Artigas, Salto, Paysandú, Rio Negro, Soriano)

80

300

20 - 27

unknown

Megalancistrus sp. "Rio São Francisco"

 
Brazil
Rio São Francisco

80

300

25 - 29

unknown

Megalancistrus sp. "LDA 97"

 
Brazil
Rio São Francisco bei Petrolina
(Bahia, Pernambuco)

80

300

 

unknown

5  entries found.

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for the pictures

Sandra Udrizar

1, 4, 5

Augusto Bentinho

3

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