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Hemiancistrus fuliginosus Cardoso & Malabarba, 1999

Image contributors to this species:

Ribeiro MO et al (1) Konerat JT et al 2025 (1)

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Relevant Information:

Aquarium Care: Good aquarium habitants for a medium to 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. Etymology: The specific name fuliginosus: Latin for painted black or sooty, referring to greyish-black colouration with no distinctive markings. Remarks: Despite the little information available on this species, it has a wide range and no apparent threats. Therefore, it is assessed as Least Concern (IUCN 2020).

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Upper and middle Uruguay River basin, Paraná River basin: Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

Size:

16.0cm. (6½ins)

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.
Fish in the News 2024
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 02/2024 ).
Konerat JT, Bueno V, Portela-Castro ALB, Martins-Santos IC, Margarido VP. Karyotype uniformity in populations of the endemic Hemiancistrus fuliginosus (Loricariidae: Hypostomini) collected in the upper and middle Uruguai River. Neotrop Ichthyol. 2025.
Salvador, G.N. 2023. Hemiancistrus fuliginosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Hemiancistrus fuliginosus
Fragosus River, Brazil

Hemiancistrus fuliginosus

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