Etymology
anagram to Pterygoplichthys
Synonyms
Length (total)
30 - 60 cm
Anatomy
bumps on the supraoccipital plate
Body height
height
Coloring
browns with pattern
Mouth
Jaw
Sex difference
males have greater (dorsal) fins and a wider head, posibly females have a wider wais
Similar Genus
Additional literatur
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" S.1144 - 1146
- Hablützel, Pascal : "Verbreitung und Ökologie der Segelschilderwelse Boliviens"
(DATZ 02/2014 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Die Erfolgsgeschichte der Segelschilderwelse, Gattung Pterygoplichthys"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Oktober / November 2010 "Wels-Presseschau")
Internet sources
- Weber, Claude, 1991 "Nouveaux taxa dans Pterygoplichthys sensu lato (Pisces,Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Revue Suisse de Zoologie, Vol. 98, P. 639)
- 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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