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Hemiancistrus
medians (Kner, 1854) |
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Flair
Wang (1) |
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Relevant
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Lives in the main jets of rapids
where the current is very strong. The substrate consists of
bulky rocks which gives them shelter. Occurs together with the
following species: Leporinus granti, Astyanax meunieri,
Bryconops caudomaculatus; Parodon guyanensis, Harttia surinamensis,
Hypostomus gymnorhynchus, Lasiancistrus brevipinnis and
Heptapterus longior. Aquarium Care:
Good aquarium habitants for a large tank and you can also house
more than one species. They like water movement in the aquarium.
Diet: Mainly a vegetarian diet but can also
be fed tablet foods and frozen and live foods such as mosquito
larvae, brine shrimp and shrimps. Remarks:
Hemiancistrus
is also known in some literature as Ancistomus but
is also similar to the Peckoltia genera but has a longer
body and a naked ventral region. |
Common
Name: |
None |
Synonyms: |
Ancistrus medians |
Family: |
Loricariidae
ycipitidae |
Distribution: |
South
America: Rivière Marouini, Maroni system, French
Guiana. |
Size:
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34.0cm. (13¾ins) |
Temp: |
25-29°c
(77-85°f.) |
p.H. |
6.0-7.2. |
Reference: |
Fisch-Muller, S.,
2003. Loricariidae-Ancistrinae (Armored catfishes). p. 373-400.
In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist
of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto
Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2016.FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 10/2016
)
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes,
recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue
of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628
Le Bail, P.-Y., P. Keith and P. Planquette,
2000. Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane. Tome 2, Fascicule
II: Siluriformes. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 43(II): 307p.
Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national
d'Histoire naturelle. |
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