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Name
Scientific name
Ancistrus claro
Described by
Authority Knaack, Year 1999
Family
Loricariidae
Common names
LDA 008, Gold Marble Bristlenose Catfish, Marmorantennenwels
Photograph credits
All 7 credited
Summary
Ancistrus claro, the gold marble bristlenose catfish (LDA 008), is a suckermouth catfish from the rios Claro and Coxipó in Mato Grosso, Bra…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
70mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Minimum length 60 cm, Minimum depth 30 cm
Water
Water conditions
Temperature 23–28°C, pH 6–7.5
Hardness
2–15dGH
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Not recorded
Social needs
A pair
Community suitability
Community-safe
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
Brazil, Claro, Coxipó, Cuiabá, de la Plata, Paraguay
Writing
Etymology
Ancistrus: etymology not explained, but understood to be derived from the Greek άγκιστρο ágkistron (Gr. ἄγκιστρον), meaning 'fish hook, hook of a spindle', in …
Distribution
Collected from the rios Claro and Coxipó within the upper rio Cuiabá drainage in Mato Grosso state, central Brazil The Cuiabá is itself a tributary of the rio …
Habitat
Inhabits flowing streams with substrates of boulders and bedrock.
Aquarium size
An aquarium with base dimensions of 60 ∗ 30 cm or equivalent should be the smallest considered.
Maintenance
Not difficult to maintain under the correct conditions; we strongly recommend keeping it in a tank designed to simulate a flowing stream with a substrate of va…
Water conditions
Not written yet
Diet
Wild specimens are probably omnivorous foragers but with a preference for aquatic invertebrates and suchlike. In the aquarium it does best when offered a varie…
Behaviour and compatibility
A peaceful, diurnally-active species which can be maintained in a well-chosen community. It is a little territorial towards conspecifics and similarly-shaped s…
Sexual dimorphism
Adult males possess well-developed odontodes on the pectoral fins and opercle and tentacles on the head while females do not.
Reproduction
Cave-spawner with the male responsible for brood care. It's been bred in aquaria on numerous occasions and in well-maintained, mature set-ups juveniles may beg…
Notes
This species is sometimes confused with unidentified fishes such as A. sp. 'L352'. It can be told apart from closely-related congeners by possession of relativ…
References
References
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