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Ancistrus temminckii (Valenciennes, 1840)

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Description: Snout with a wide naked margin, evertible interopercular odontodes hook-like; presence of long, forked tentacles on the snout of males; numerous small, well defined spots on body with bright orange colour. Habitat: Their habitat consists of of small to medium-sized forest creeks with moderate current and a sandy or rocky bottom. Aquarium Care: As with most of this genus it will do well in an aquarium where it will wipe out any algae. Diet: Feed vegetable foods such as lettuce, cucumber and courgette (zucchini). Will eat most aquarium fare. Reproduction: Relatively easy to breed where the female will deposit her eggs in a confined space such as pipe work. Remarks: Very rarely imported, however individuals of the so-called Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus, a fish of which the origin is unknown, are often sold as A. temminckii. The difference between the two species is that that A. temminckii has a dark spot at the base of its dorsal fin, between the first and the second ray.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Hypostomus temminckii, Plecostomus aculeatus

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Saramacca, Suriname, and Maroni River basins. Type locality: Suriname.

Size:

10.0cm (4ins)

Temp:

23-27°c (73-81°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

Reference:

Mol, H.A. Jan, The Freshwater Fishes of Suriname. BRILL, Leiden Boston, 2012. 889 p.

Family: Loricariidae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails

Ancistrus temminckii

Ancistrus temminckii

Ancistrus temminckii
Marshall creek (tributary of Suriname river)

Ancistrus temminckii
Head view-Marshall creek (tributary of Suriname river)

Ancistrus temminckii
Ventral view-Marshall creek (tributary of Suriname river)

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