Etymology
pseudo = falsch und Acanticus
Synonyms
Stoneiella
Length (total)
20 - 100 cm
Anatomy
elongated
Body height
height
Sex difference
males: wider head, often larger dorsal, often more attractive colored
Breeding behavior
Others
strongly keeled, thornlike odontodes
Strinking
of them
of them
strongly keeled, thorn-like odontodes
Similar Genus
Additional literatur
- Seidel, Ingo: "Kaktuswelse - stachlige Schönheiten"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Okt / Nov 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Probleme bei der Aufzucht der Jungfische von Kaktuswelsen"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Okt / Nov 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Leopard-Kaktuswelse - die beliebtesten Pseudacanthicus"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Okt / Nov 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau")
Species
Species
Country
Origin
Country
Origin
Length
(cm)
(cm)
AQ
(cm)
(cm)
T.
(°C)
(°C)
Bree
ding
ding
Pseudacanthicus fordii
Günther, 1868
French Guiana, Suriname
Maroni River = Marowijne River oberhalb Maripasoula
(Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni,Tapanahony)
Günther, 1868
French Guiana, Suriname
Maroni River = Marowijne River oberhalb Maripasoula
(Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni,Tapanahony)
30
200
25 - 29
unknown
Pseudacanthicus histrix
Valenciennes, 1840
Brazil
Rio Negro ?, unterer Amazonas-Einzug
(Amazonas, Pará)
Valenciennes, 1840
Brazil
Rio Negro ?, unterer Amazonas-Einzug
(Amazonas, Pará)
76
300
25 - 29
unknown
>40
200
25 - 29
unknown
Pseudacanthicus leopardus
Fowler, 1914
Brazil, Guyana
Rupununi River, oberer Rio Branco-Einzug
(Upper Takutu - upper Essequibo, Roraima, Amazonas (BRA))
Fowler, 1914
Brazil, Guyana
Rupununi River, oberer Rio Branco-Einzug
(Upper Takutu - upper Essequibo, Roraima, Amazonas (BRA))
>30
150
25 - 29
Amazonas, L-Welse.com
40
150
25 - 29
unknown
Pseudacanthicus cf. leopardus "L 114" / "LDA 7"
Brazil
Rio Demini, mittlerer Rio Negro Einzug
(Amazonas)
Brazil
Rio Demini, mittlerer Rio Negro Einzug
(Amazonas)
40
150
25 - 29
multiple
Pseudacanthicus major (L 186)
Chamon & Costa e Silva, 2018
Brazil
Rio Tocantins, rio Paranã, rio Areias
(Tocantins, Pará (BRA))
Chamon & Costa e Silva, 2018
Brazil
Rio Tocantins, rio Paranã, rio Areias
(Tocantins, Pará (BRA))
>75
300
25 - 29
unknown
>100
300
25 - 29
unknown
Pseudacanthicus pirarara (L 25)
Chamon & Sousa, 2016
Brazil
Rio Xingu, rio Iriri, rio Bacajá
(Pará (BRA))
Chamon & Sousa, 2016
Brazil
Rio Xingu, rio Iriri, rio Bacajá
(Pará (BRA))
>40
200
26 - 30
multiple
Pseudacanthicus pitanga (L 24)
Chamon, 2015
Brazil
igarapé Jatobal, rio Itacaiunas, poço do Paulo, rio Maranhão, rio Sono, im Rio Tocantins-Einzug
(Tocantins, Pará (BRA))
Chamon, 2015
Brazil
igarapé Jatobal, rio Itacaiunas, poço do Paulo, rio Maranhão, rio Sono, im Rio Tocantins-Einzug
(Tocantins, Pará (BRA))
>40
200
25 - 29
yes
30
200
25 - 29
fb
>40
200
25 - 29
unknown
>40
200
25 - 29
unknown
>20
150
25 - 29
unknown
>40
200
26 - 30
unknown
>40
200
25 - 29
unknown
>40
200
26 - 29
unknown
40
200
24 - 29
unknown
Pseudacanthicus spinosus
Castelnau, 1855
Brazil
Rio Guamá, rio Tocantins-, rio Araguaia-Einzug
(Pará (BRA)
Castelnau, 1855
Brazil
Rio Guamá, rio Tocantins-, rio Araguaia-Einzug
(Pará (BRA)
40
150
25 - 29
PCF
36 entries found.
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Thomas Janecek
2
Kam Lau
4
GGuardiaNN
5
Primo Aquatics
6
7, 15
Ingo Seidel
8, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 26
9, 25
Johann Gugler
14
Daniel Genghis Khan Leite Lima
19
Brian Chung
20
Andreas Husi
23, 24
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