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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

Temperament
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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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