Danny Blundell (2) Vedran Cuncic
(2) Yann Fulliquet (3) Charles Gibbons
(1) Mark Duffill (2) Andrew Campbell
(2) Daniel
Konn-Vetterlein (1)
ScotCat Sources:
Other
Sources:
Relevant
information:
Juveniles
have a very different colour pattern to the adults and ndividuals
can differ in colouration and body shape. 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:
King
Tiger Pleco, L 066
Synonyms:
None
Family:
Loricariidae
ycipitidae
Distribution:
Brazil:
Pará, Rio Xingu ( Belo Monte - Vitoria)
Size:
15cm. (6ins)
Temp:
26-30°c
(79-87°f.)
p.H.
6.5-7.5.
Reference:
Seidel, Ingo;
Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes 208 p
