Etymology
bary (gr.) = heavy -> Bary (gr.) = heavy -> massive (on front body-related) and Ancistrus
Synonyms
Length (total)
12 - 40 cm
Body height
height
Coloring
Juvenile high contrast: dark with white or yellow dots and fins seams.
Sex difference
Note head and the first ray of the pectoral fin
Breeding behavior
Others
"Baryancistrus" beggini with a length of 12 cm is completly out of line
Strinking
of them
of them
Dorsal fin and adipose fin are connected to a diaphragm
Similar Genus
Additional literatur
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" S.509 - 514
- Seidel, Ingo: "New findings on the family relationships of Hypostominae"
(Amazonas Mai/Juni 2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Jahn, Harald: "L-Welse, L18, L81, L81n, L177"
(AqualogNews Nr. 86) - Schäfer, Frank: "L 18, L 85, L 177 ('Golden Nugget') sowie L 47 ('Magnum Pleco')"
(DATZ 9/2011 - "Wels-Presseschau")
Species
Species
Country
Origin
Country
Origin
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Length
(cm)
(cm)
AQ
(cm)
(cm)
T.
(°C)
(°C)
Bree
ding
ding
Baryancistrus beggini (L 239)
Lujan, Arce & Armbruster, 2009
Colombia, Venezuela
Rio Ventuari, río Guaviare, caño Mono, caño Matavení, caño Bocón, oberer río Orinoco-Einzug
(Amazonas, Vichada)
Lujan, Arce & Armbruster, 2009
Colombia, Venezuela
Rio Ventuari, río Guaviare, caño Mono, caño Matavení, caño Bocón, oberer río Orinoco-Einzug
(Amazonas, Vichada)
12
80
26 - 30
Zoo Basel u. a.
Baryancistrus chrysolomus (L 47)
Rapp Py-Daniel, Zuanon & de Oliveira, 2011
Brazil
Rio Xingu bei Altamira, rio Iriri, rio Curuá
(Pará (BRA))
Rapp Py-Daniel, Zuanon & de Oliveira, 2011
Brazil
Rio Xingu bei Altamira, rio Iriri, rio Curuá
(Pará (BRA))
35
200
26 - 30
unknown
Baryancistrus demantoides (L 200)
Werneke, Sabaj, Lujan & Armbruster, 2005
Venezuela
Minicia, río Ventuari, río Guapuchi, im oberen río Orinoco
(Amazonas)
Werneke, Sabaj, Lujan & Armbruster, 2005
Venezuela
Minicia, río Ventuari, río Guapuchi, im oberen río Orinoco
(Amazonas)
25
150
26 - 30
in USA?
Baryancistrus hadrostomus (L 219)
Oliveira, Rapp Py-Daniel & Oyakawa, 2019
Brazil
rio Iratapuru, rio Jari, rio Parú
(Amapá, Pará (BRA))
Oliveira, Rapp Py-Daniel & Oyakawa, 2019
Brazil
rio Iratapuru, rio Jari, rio Parú
(Amapá, Pará (BRA))
>25
150
26 - 30
unknown
Baryancistrus hadrostomus (L 323)
Oliveira, Rapp Py-Daniel & Oyakawa, 2019
Brazil
Rio Jari
(Pará, Amapá)
Oliveira, Rapp Py-Daniel & Oyakawa, 2019
Brazil
Rio Jari
(Pará, Amapá)
>25
150
26 - 30
unknown
Baryancistrus hadrostomus (L 324)
Oliveira, Rapp Py-Daniel & Oyakawa, 2019
Brazil
Rio Jari
(Pará, Amapá)
Oliveira, Rapp Py-Daniel & Oyakawa, 2019
Brazil
Rio Jari
(Pará, Amapá)
>30
150
26 - 30
unknown
Baryancistrus longipinnis
Kindle, 1895
Brazil
Rio Tocantins - Einzug, Trocera = Trocará Indigenous territory
(Pará (BRA))
![IUCN: critical endangered IUCN: critical endangered](https://www.suedamerikafans.de/eigene_icons/iucn_cr.png)
Kindle, 1895
Brazil
Rio Tocantins - Einzug, Trocera = Trocará Indigenous territory
(Pará (BRA))
![IUCN: critical endangered IUCN: critical endangered](https://www.suedamerikafans.de/eigene_icons/iucn_cr.png)
20
120
25 - 29
unknown
Baryancistrus micropunctatus (L 319)
Oliveira, Rapp Py-Daniel & Oyakawa, 2019
Brazil
Rio Jari, rio Iratapuru
(Amapá, Pará (BRA))
Oliveira, Rapp Py-Daniel & Oyakawa, 2019
Brazil
Rio Jari, rio Iratapuru
(Amapá, Pará (BRA))
30
200
26 - 30
unknown
Baryancistrus niveatus (L 26)
de Castelnau, 1855
Brazil
Rio Tocantins, Rio Araguaia
(Goiás, Pará, Tocantins, Mato Grosso)
![IUCN: critical endangered IUCN: critical endangered](https://www.suedamerikafans.de/eigene_icons/iucn_cr.png)
de Castelnau, 1855
Brazil
Rio Tocantins, Rio Araguaia
(Goiás, Pará, Tocantins, Mato Grosso)
![IUCN: critical endangered IUCN: critical endangered](https://www.suedamerikafans.de/eigene_icons/iucn_cr.png)
>30
200
25 - 29
unknown
>30
200
26 - 30
unknown
>20
120
26 - 30
unknown
>25
150
26 - 30
unknown
>40
250
25 - 29
unknown
30
150
26 - 30
unknown
>30
150
26 - 30
Amazonas (Sep.07)
30
150
26 - 30
unknown
>25
150
26 - 30
unknown
>30
150
26 - 30
unknown
Baryancistrus xanthellus (L 18 / LDA 60)
L. Rapp Py-Daniel; J. Zuanon; R. Ribeiro de Oliveira, 2011
Brazil
Rio Xingu bei Altamira
(Pará (BRA))
L. Rapp Py-Daniel; J. Zuanon; R. Ribeiro de Oliveira, 2011
Brazil
Rio Xingu bei Altamira
(Pará (BRA))
>30
200
26 - 30
Baryancistrus xanthellus (L 81)
L. Rapp Py-Daniel; J. Zuanon; R. Ribeiro de Oliveira, 2011
Brazil
Rio Xingu
(Pará (BRA))
L. Rapp Py-Daniel; J. Zuanon; R. Ribeiro de Oliveira, 2011
Brazil
Rio Xingu
(Pará (BRA))
>30
200
26 - 30
unknown
Baryancistrus xanthellus (L 85)
L. Rapp Py-Daniel; J. Zuanon; R. Ribeiro de Oliveira, 2011
Brazil
Rio Xingu bei Altamira
(Pará (BRA))
L. Rapp Py-Daniel; J. Zuanon; R. Ribeiro de Oliveira, 2011
Brazil
Rio Xingu bei Altamira
(Pará (BRA))
>30
200
26 - 30
unknown
Baryancistrus xanthellus (L 177 / LDA 59)
L. Rapp Py-Daniel; J. Zuanon; R. Ribeiro de Oliveira, 2011
Brazil
Rio Iriri
(Pará (BRA))
L. Rapp Py-Daniel; J. Zuanon; R. Ribeiro de Oliveira, 2011
Brazil
Rio Iriri
(Pará (BRA))
>25
150
26 - 30
BSSW2007
29 entries found.
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Sabine Hailfinger
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Mike Robson
5
Ingo Seidel
10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Markus Mayer (the1)
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