A deep river channel species
which accounts for the lack of an iris operculum. The deeper they
reside the less pigmentation on the body.
This species was first published in the magazine DATZ in December
1992 as Ancistrinae sp and the L-number 350.
Common
Name:
L 350, Peruvian Lyre-tail
Synonyms:
None
Family:
Loricariidae
ycipitidae
Distribution:
South
America : Marañon River (in the Amazon River drainage)
Size:
40cm. (16ins)
Temp:
23-27°c
(73-81°f.)
p.H.
6.5-7.2.
Reference:
Lujan, NK and CC
Chamon (2008) Two new species of Loricariidae (Teleostei:
Siluriformes) from main channels of the upper and middle Amazon
Basin, with discussion of deep water specialization in loricariids.
Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 19: 271–282.
