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Pseudohemiodon laticeps (Regan, 1904)

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Benjamin Stowell (1) Birger Kamprath (2) Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (1) Felipe Alonso (2)

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Broad head with mouth and lip barbels. Aquarium Care: Requires a large aquarium witha a big surface area and a sand substrate. If specimens are imported from southeastern Brazil or Paraguay they will prefer cooler temperatures in the aquarium. Prefers a sand substrate as they like to dig. Diet: Algae wafers, sinking tablet and frozen foods such as bloodworm and shrimp. Sexual Differences: Mature males will develop their lower lips to allow them to carry their eggs (abdomino-lip brooders). The very large eggs are incubated by the male.

Common Name:

Giant Whiptail Catfish, Broadhead whiptail

Synonyms:

Loricaria laticeps

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Uruguay, Paraná and Paraguay River basins. Type locality: Paraguay.

Size:

30.0cm. (12ins)

Temp:

18-24°c (63-75°f)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Evers, H.-G. & I.Seidel: Mergus, Baensch Catfish Atlas Volume 1, 1st English edn., 2005. Pp.944.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.

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Pseudohemiodon laticeps

Pseudohemiodon laticeps

Pseudohemiodon laticeps
Head view-sand particles on head

Pseudohemiodon laticeps
Head view

Pseudohemiodon laticeps
Río Bermejo, Salta

Pseudohemiodon laticeps
Head view-Río Bermejo, Salta

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