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Hypostomus
luteomaculatus (Devincenzi, 1942) |
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Relevant Information: |
Aquarium Care:
Will need a good sized aquarium of 5ft (150cm.) or over due
to their final adult size. As this genus in
the main are messy eaters, good water quality and filtration
would need to be adhered to. A lower water temperature is advised
for this species as it is from the south of the South American
continent. Diet: Will eat
all manner of foods in the aquarium, vegetable, tablet, pellet
foods and good quality flake. |
Common
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None |
Synonyms: |
Plecostomus luteomaculatus |
Family: |
Loricariidae |
Distribution: |
Uruguayl: Uruguay
River basin. Type locality: Río Uruguay
at Paysandú, Uruguay. |
Size: |
28cm. (11ins) |
Temp: |
18-24°c (63-75°f.) |
p.H. |
6.0-7.5. |
Reference: |
Ferraris, C.J. Jr.,
2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes:
Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa
1418:1-628.
Weber, C., 2003. Loricariidae - Hypostominae
(Armored catfishes). p. 351-372. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander
and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes
of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2011. FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version |
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