Similar to L129
(Hypancistrusdebilittera).Individual specimens can
vary in colour and intensity especially in the orange spectrum.
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:
L340,
LDA19, Mega Clown Pleco
Synonyms:
None
Family:
Loricariidae
ycipitidae
Distribution:
South America:
Rio Tomo, Colombia
Size:
10cm. (4ins)
Temp:
25-29°c
(77-85°f.)
p.H.
6.0-7.2.
Reference:
Seidel, Ingo;
Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes 208 p
