Ancistrus cirrhosus
Valenciennes, 1836
(Type species)
cirrus = haarig mit Hinblick auf die Tentakel
Synonyms
has Xenocara cirrhosa
Hypostomus cirrhosus
Hypostomus cirrhosus
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
16 - 25 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
Type of water
Clear water
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
Catfish Atlas 2
not known
- Valenciennes, A., 1836 "Poissons [plates]" (A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale)
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.146
- Seidel, Ingo: "Die Zuchtformen des gewöhnlichen Braunen Antennenwelse"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Juni / Juli 2018)
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Vol. 15, P. 510)
- Kner, R., 1854 "Die Hypostomiden. Zweite Hauptgruppe der Familie der Panzerfische" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 7, P. 272)
- 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. 256)
- Romero, A. & Paulson, K.M., 2001 "It's a wonderful hypogean life: a guide to the troglomorphic fishes of the world" (Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 62, P. 29)
- 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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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2
Daniel Genghis Khan
3
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