Acestridium discus
Haseman, 1911
(Type species)
Scheibenförmiges Ende des Rostrum
Synonyms
Whiptail Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.0 - 6.5
Type of water
Black water
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Algaes!
Algaes!
Eats plants
not known
Animal care
difficult
unknown
On the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
16/April/2014
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 1 (2002) P.292 - 293
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 (2005) P.302 - 303
- Haseman, John D., 1911 "Description of Some New Species of Fishes and Miscellaneous Notes on others Obtained on the Expedition of the Carnegie Museum to Central South America" (Annals of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 7, P. 319)
- Seidel, I. & Werkenthin, A., 2016 "Die Zwergnadelwelse der Gattung Acestridium" (Welstreffen Negst 2016)
- Fishbase
- PCF
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