verecundas (lat.) - bashful, modest; because of the missing or poorly developed tentacles on the mouth
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Standard length (documented)
54.6 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: The males have more and longer tentacle on the head. Often females have only short tentacle/stublles anlong the mouth.
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
absent
possibly rudimentary
I / 4 rays
(13 -) 14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 (- 8) rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
possibly rudimentary
I / 4 rays
(13 -) 14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 7 (- 8) rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
Not 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
- Fisch-Muller, S.; Cardoso, A.R.; da Silva, J.F.P. & Bertaco, V.A., 2005 "Two new Amazonian species of armored catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): Ancistrus verecundus and Ancistrus parecis" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 3 No. 4, P. 525)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 225)
- Oliveira, R.R. de; Zuanon, J.; Zawadzki, C.H. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L., 2015 "Ancistrus maximus, a new species of red-dotted armored catfish from rio Branco, Roraima State, Brazilian Amazon (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, Vol. 26 No. 1, P. 81)
- Oliveira, R.R. de; Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H.;; Zawadzki, C.H. & Zuanon, J., 2016 "Two new Amazonian species of Ancistrus with vestigial adipose fin, with an appraisal on adipose fin loss in neotropical armoured catfishes (Teleostei: Loricariidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 27 No. 1, P. 76)
- A new species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Tapajós and Xingu basins, Brazil, 2022 "Neuhaus, E.B.; Britto, M.R.; Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sousa, L.M." (Neotropical Ichthylogy, Vol. 20 No. 1)
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