Glyptoperichthys
gibbiceps (Kner, 1854) |
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contributors to this species: |
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Sandy Milne (1) ScotCat (3)
Helen Burns (3) Thomas Sass Pedersen
(2) Marty Edwards (2) |
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ScotCat Sources: |
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| Other
Sources: |
| Fishbase
Google
ACSI
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| Relevant
Information: |
The
true G.gibbiceps, L 165, is rarely imported and is from
the Rio Negro (Brazil). It has a much higher dorsal
fin than the specimens imported from Venezuela and Colombia
but the colouration is much the same. There is
a wide distribution and colour variants in Brazil and
Peru for this species including L 083 and L 313 from
Brazil, Pará, Rio Xingu (south and floodplain
lakes at Altamira), L164 from the
Rio Tefé, Brazil and L 196 from the Mato Grosso,
Rio Guaporé (Vila Bela). |
| Common
Name: |
Gibby, Sail
fin Pleco, L
083, L 164, L 165, L 196, L 313 |
| Synonyms: |
Ancistrus
gibbiceps, Liposarcus altipinnis, Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps. |
| Family: |
Loricariidae
ycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Peru
and Brazil |
| Size:
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40cm.
( 16ins) |
| Temp: |
23-27°c
(73-81°f.) |
| p.H. |
6.5-7.5. |
| References: |
All
L-Numbers Datz Special. www.datze.de |
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