mega(gr.) - grande, longe; kephale (gr.) - cabeça
Sinônimos
Ancistrus megacephalus
Chaetostoma megacephalus
Chaetostomus macrops
Chaetostomus megacephalus
Chaetostoma megacephalus
Chaetostomus macrops
Chaetostomus megacephalus
Comprimento (total)
cerca 18 cm
Tamanho recomendado do aquário
120 cm
Commewijne, Coronie, Marowijne, Nickerie, Paramaribo, Saramacca, Wanica, Barima-Waini, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Ewwequibo Islands-West Demerara, Demerara-Mahaica, Mahaica-Berbice, East Berbice-Corentyne, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Cuyuni-Mazaruni
Guyana, Suriname
Atlantic NE
˜[ 4.284,-55.906 ]
Nutrição (principalmente): herbívoro
Come plantas
desconhecido
É recomendável manter en grupos (pequenos). A manutenção individual é possível.
do gênero: look to head and body shape and pectoral fins: male has angular head, female has wider waist
do gênero: Padrão
desconhecido
 
há
I / 4 raios
14 Raios moles
I / 7 raios
6 Raios moles
I / 4 raios
14 Raios moles
I / 7 raios
6 Raios moles
desconhecido
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 386
- Günther, Albert, 1868 "Diagnoses of some new Freshwater Fishes from Surinam and Brazil, in the Collection of the British Museum" (The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Vol. 1 Ser. 4, P. 476)
- Lütken, Chr., 1874 "Nye eller mindre vel kjendte Malleformer fra forskjellige Verdensdele" (Videnskabelige meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske forening i Kjöbenhavn, Vol. 36, P. 209)
- Günther, Dr.A., 1886 "Descriptions of freshwater fishes from Surinam and Brazil" (Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 1886, P. 232)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 234)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 51)
- Cardoso, A.R. & Lucinda, P.H.F., 2003 "Three new species of Hemiancistrus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Tocantins basin with comments on the genus" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 14, P. 74)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 244)
- Covain, R. & Fisch-Muller, S., 2012 "Molecular evidence for the paraphyly of Pseudancistrus sensu lato (Siluriformes, Loricariidae), with revalidation of several genera" (Cybium, Vol. 36 No. 1, P. 230)
- Armbruster, J.W.; Werneke, D.C. & Tan, M., 2015 "Three new species of saddled loricariid catfishes, and a review of Hemiancistrus, Peckoltia, and allied genera (Siluriformes)" (ZooKeys, Vol. 480, P. 99)
- PCF
Muito obrigado a
para as fotos
Steindachner, Franz (1882) (PD)
4, 5
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