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Hypostomus niceforoi (Fowler, 1943) |
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Relevant Information: |
The Hypostomus genus has
7 rays to the dorsal fin whereas the similar looking Pterygoplichthys
species have 10 dorsal fin rays. Aquarium Care:
As with most of this genus, will do well in a larger aquarium,
although this is one of the smaller species in the genera, and
the aquarium well filtered. Water parameters can be quite diverse
for this genera. Diet: Omnivore with a liking
for green, tablet and frozen foods. Remarks:
H. niceforoi was described by Fowler (1943), who used
them to honour Brother Nicéforo Maria. Brother Nicéforo
was then at the La Salle Institute in Bogota, Colombia, and
he shipped many Colombian fish specimens to Fowler at Philadelphia's
Academy of Natural Sciences in 1931 and 1932. |
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Family: |
Loricariidae |
Distribution: |
South America :
Upper Japurá River basin, Colombia. Type Locality:
Florencia, Río Orteguasa, Colombia. |
Size: |
13.5cm. (5½ins) |
Temp: |
23-29°c (73-85°f.) |
p.H. |
6.0-7.5. |
Reference: |
Seidel, I. 2008.
Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes, Ettlingen, Germany 208
p
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2015.FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, (03/2016)
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes,
recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue
of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Burgess, W.E., 1989. An atlas of freshwater
and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes.
T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784
p.
Lujan, Nathan, Facebook post and information
2018. |
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