Hypancistrus
debilittera Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007
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Allan James (1) Andrew
Campbell (1) Johnny
Jensen's Photographic Library
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Named
by Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn in their paper of 2007as Hypancistrus
debilittera (L129) along with three other species, H.contradens,
(L201 which was first thought to be H.inspector) H.furunculus
(L199) and H.lunaorum
(L339). Fully grown adults can be very pale in colouration
against the more brightly patterned juveniles and sub-adults. Similar
to the Panaque/Panaqolus and Peckoltia genera
but have fewer and larger teeth in the lower and upper jaw.
Sexual differences: Males posses a broader and
longer head and odontodes on the posterior part of the body, behind
the gill covers and on the pectoral fin spines. The latter two are
a lot shorter in the females. Diet:
Omnivores, juveniles are keen on vegetable foods whereas adults
are less so. Frozen foods such as brine shrimp, mosquito larvae
and mussels as well as tablet foods. |
| Common
Name: |
L129
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| Synonyms: |
None |
| Family: |
Loricariidae
ycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Venezuela:
Upper Río Orinoco, between Puerto Ayacucho and San Fernando
de Atabapo. |
| Size:
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10cm. (4ins) |
| Temp: |
25-29°c
(77-85°f.) |
| p.H. |
6.0-7.5. |
| Reference: |
Armbruster, J.W.,
N.K. Lujan and D.C. Taphorn, 2007 Four new Hypancistrus
(Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Amazonas, Veneuzela. Copeia (1):62-79.
Seidel, Ingo; Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes
208 p |
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Family: Loricariidae
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