Ancistrus
trinitatis (Günther, 1864) |
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Donald Taphorn (2) |
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Ancistrus trinitatis can
be separated from all other species in the region except A.
brevifilis, A.
leucostictus, and A.
saudades by having large light spots or blotches on
the dorsal and caudal fins; from all Ancistrus in the
region by having black spots centered on the caudal-fin rays
basally and white spots centered on the rays distally (vs. tiny
white or yellow spots randomly placed, or large white spots
centered on the membranes); from A. brevifilis by having
the spots on the caudal fin generally smaller and better organized
into rows (vs. at least some spots on the caudal fin combining
across rows and running about half the length of the caudal
fin); and from A. brevifilis, A. leucostictus,
A. saudades, and A.
triradiatus by lacking spots only on the dorsal fin
rays (vs. spots centered on membranes). Colouration:
Aquarium Care: The Ancistrus genera make good
community fish where they do not grow too big for the aquarium.
Some species have different requirements in the aquarium so
best to read up on the species you have whereas if they need
higher oxygen requirements or not, or if they prefer cooler
waters if they originate from the southern parts of South America
against the species from further up north. Diet:
Vegetable foods such as cucumber and courgette and also tablet
and meaty foods. Breeding: Lay their eggs in
caves as a cluster and the first signs of the breeding process
is a few tiny fry darting around the community tank. Etomology:
Named from the type locality of the island
of Trinidad. Remarks: See comments on
types and question about validity of species in Regan (1904b:
footnote on p. 238; 1906: 95). Generic allocation based on Armbruster
(2004a: 13), although Armbruster (2005: 567) suggests that even
that is uncertain. |
Common
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None |
Synonyms: |
Chaetostomus trinitatis |
Family: |
Loricariidae |
Distribution: |
Trinidad Island, Trinidad
and Tobago. Type locality: Trinidad.
Syntypes: based on specimens reported on by Gill (1858: 409)
as Ancistrus guacharote, possibly deposited at USNM,
but whereabouts unknown. |
Size: |
10.0cm. (4ins) |
Temp: |
22-27°c (71-81°f.) |
p.H. |
6.0-7.2. |
Reference: |
Souza, LS de; Taphorn, DC
& Armbruster, JW, 2019 "Review of Ancistrus
(Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the northwestern Guiana Shield,
Orinoco Andes, and adjacent basins with description of six new
species" (abstract) (Zootaxa, Vol. 4552 No. 1).
Fisch-Muller, S., 2003. Loricariidae-Ancistrinae
(Armored catfishes). p. 373-400. 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.
(Ref. 36713)
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2018.FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 10/2018
)
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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