Synonyms
Gefleckter Panzerfisch
Loricaria accipenser
Loricaria amazonica
Loricaria maculata
Loricaria parahemiodon
Parahemiodon typus
Plecostomus cataphracta
Loricaria accipenser
Loricaria amazonica
Loricaria maculata
Loricaria parahemiodon
Parahemiodon typus
Plecostomus cataphracta
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
214.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
24 - 27 °C
exact origin not known
Suriname, Bolivia, Uruguay?
˜[ 5.819,-55.202 ]
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: note lips
lip breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
 
I / 4 rays
10 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
10 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 338
- Bloch, M.E., 1794 "Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische" (Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands, pt. 2 v.4 th.7, P. 73)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1991 "A redescription of the South American catfish Loricariichthys maculatus (Bloch, 1794), with designation of the lectotype and restriction of its type locality (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, Vol. 41 No. 1, P. 10)
- Lasso, C.A.; Castelló, V.; Canales-Tilve, T. & Cabot-Nieves, J., 1999 "Contribución al conocimiento de la ictiofauna del Río Paraguá, cuenca del Río Itenez o Guaporé, Amazonía Boliviana" (Memoria, Vol. 49 No. 152, P. 99)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 270)
- Queiroz, L.J. de; Torrente-Vilara, G.; Vieira, F.G.; Ohara, W.M.; Zuanon, J. & Doria, C.R.C., 2013 "Fishes of Cuniã Lake, Madeira River Basin, Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 9 No 3, P. 545)
- Nión, H.; Rios, C. & Meneses, P., 2016 "Peces del Uruguay - Lista sistemática y nombres comunes"
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem - Species deleted from the Colombian continental ichthyofauna" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708)
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for the pictures
Francis de Castelnau (PD)
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