in reference to Phractocephalus hemioliopterus with the common name Pirarara
Synonyms
assacu-pirarara
assacu-vermelho
Rotflossen-Kaktuswels
Scarlet Cactus Pleco
Scarlet Pleco
assacu-vermelho
Rotflossen-Kaktuswels
Scarlet Cactus Pleco
Scarlet Pleco
Length (total)
> 40 cm
Standard length (documented)
310.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.0 - 7.0
Type of water
Clear water
Substrate
gravel, rocks
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
nein
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males: wider head, often larger dorsal, often more attractive colored
from genus: Standard
multiple
from
to
Quantity
Temp.
27
27
pH
6.50
7.00
GH
KH
NO³
Cond.
present
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
short filament upper
short filament lower
dark patches
I / 8 rays
slightly convex
dark patches
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
short filament upper
short filament lower
dark patches
I / 8 rays
slightly convex
dark patches
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
On the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.89
- Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse" edition: 1 (2008) P.174
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.26
- Das Aquarium 6/95 S.23
- amazonas 4 / 2008 S.17 - 23
- Seidel, Ingo: "Rotflossige Kaktuswelse aus Brasilien"
(Amazonas Juli/August 2008) - Girardet, Christophe: "Zuchtversuche mit L 25"
(Amazonas November/Dezember 2010 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Perez, Mark Sabaj: "Neuigkeiten vom Rio Xingu"
(Amazonas Januar / Februar 2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Nach Belo Monte geht am Rio Xingu die Sonne auf"
(Amazonas Januar/Februar 2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Schäfer, Frank: "Kaktuswels beschrieben"
(DATZ 087/2015 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "L24 endlich beschrieben: Pseudacanthicus pitanga"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Aug./Sep. 2015) - Evers, Hans-Georg: "Die Süßwasserrochen Südamerikas"
(Amazonas September/Oktober 2015 – “Wels-Presseschau”) - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Zwischen Salmlern und Welsen am Grunde des Rio Xingu"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember 2015 / Januar 2016) - Tuccinardi, Michael J.: "Abschied vom Rio Xingu"
(Amazonas Juli / August 2016 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Schäfer, Frank: "L 25 heißt jetzt Pseudacanthicus pirarara"
(DATZ 12/2016) - Evers, Hans-Georg: "Endlich!"
(Amazonas Januar/Februar 2017)
- Chamon, C.C. & Sousa, L.M., 2016 "A new species of the leopard pleco genus Pseudacanthicus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Xingu, Brazil" (Journal of Fish Biology)
- Kilian, Bernd, 1989 "Neue Harnischwelse" (DATZ, 5)
- Plecoclub Singapore (Zucht), 2007 "Plecoclub Singapore (Zucht)" (Plecoclub Singapore)
- "ElTofi", 2009 "Zucht (PCF)" (PCF)
- Ichtyology, 2016 "Pseudacanthicus pirarara ..." (Novataxa)
- Chamon, C.C.; Costa e Silva, T. , 2018 "Pseudacanthicus major: description of one of the largest known Loricariidae (Hypostominae: Ancistrini), a species from rio Tocantins basin, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4387 No. 3, P. 507)
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for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
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Thomas Janecek
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
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