Hypancistrus
furunculus Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007
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Named by
Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn in their paper of 2007as Hypancistrus
furunculus (L199) along with three other species, H.contradens,
(L201 which was first thought to be H.inspector) H.lunaorum
(L339) and H.debilittera
(L129). Hypancistrus furunculus
can be distinguished from H. contradens, H.inspector,
and H. lunaorum by having oblique bars on the anterior
part of the body and horizontal bands in the dorsal fin (vs. white
spots); from H. debilittera by having complete
bands in the dorsal fin (vs. incomplete bands), dark E on snout
distinct (vs. absent or indistinct), anterior dark bars complete,
straight, and distinct (vs. incomplete, vermiculate, and/or indistinct)
and by having the light bands in the caudal about equal in width
with dark bands (vs. light bands less than half the width of the
dark bands); from H.zebra
by having a tan background color (vs. almost white), by having only
one oblique stripe on the body and dorsal saddles posteriorly (vs.
sides completely with oblique stripes). 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: |
L199 |
| Synonyms: |
None |
| Family: |
Loricariidae
ycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Venezuela:
upper Orinoco drainage. Type Locality: Venezuela,
Amazonas, Cucue Amerindian village on Rio Orinoco, 60 km E of San
Juan de Atabapo. |
| Size:
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12cm. (4¾ins) |
| Temp: |
24-27°c
(75-81°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
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Family: Loricariidae
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