Pterygoplichthys
anisitsi (Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903)
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| Image
contributors to this species: |
| C.
H. Bishop (4) Doug
Mainor (1) |
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ScotCat Sources: |
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| Other
Sources: |
| Fishbase Google
ACSI
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| Relevant
Information: |
Caught
in Feb.2003 in the Paraná River basin in Argentina in a densely
planted site in 20 - 25 cm (8 - 10 ")
depth in a ditch 40 cm wide and 15m (45 ft) from a little
creek. The last image by Doug Mainor was a specimen caught
in Florida just off the St Johns river system.
and is not indigenous to the USA. |
| Common
Name: |
Snow Pleco, Royal
Pleco |
| Synonyms: |
Ancistrus
anisitsi, Pterygoplichthys juvens, Pterygoplichthys anisitsi, Ancistrus
multiradiatus alternans, Liposarcus anisitsi.
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| Family: |
Loricariidae
ycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Paraguay,
Argentina, middle Paraná, Bermejo, and Uruguay River
basins. |
| Size:
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35.0cm.
(14ins) |
| Temp: |
23-27°c
(73-81°f.) |
| p.H. |
6.0-7.0. |
| Reference: |
Bishop,
C.H.& Bishop, Noemí de; Paraná,
Argentina, e-mail correspondence, August 2004. |
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