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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Otocinclus vittatus Regan, 1904 |
| Common Name(s) | Dwarf Sucker, LDA023, Oto |
| Type Locality | Descalvados, Rio Paraguay system, Mato Grosso, Brazil. |
| Pronunciation | auto SINK luss - vit TAT us |
| Etymology | Greek, ous, oto = ear + Latin, cinclus = latticework; in allusion to the holes of the head in the ears. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 32mm (1.3") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Very similar indeed to O. mariae. |
| Sexing | Females are larger and broader especially when viewed from above. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Tropical South America Amazon (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) La Plata  , Paraná (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)La Plata , Paraná , Paraguay (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Orinoco (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| pH | 5.5 - 7.5 |
| Temperature | 21.0-26.0°C or 69.8-78.8°F (Show others within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Initially algae, add a shoal to an ''algaefied'' tank and then supplement diet with sinking tablets and the usual cucumbers / lettuce or courgette (zucchini). |
| Furniture | Large leafed plants and vertical flat rock surfaces (especially slate). Not essential, but likes bogwood and a large rounded substrate. Live plants seem essential to the long term survival of this fish. |
| Compatibility | Peaceful. |
| Suggested Tankmates | Keep in groups (preferably at least six) with any small to mid-sized community fish. |
| Breeding | See Shane's World Article |
| Further Information | |
| References | Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond.v. 17 (pt 3, no. 1) - pp267 - Pl. 15 (fig. 3) |
| Registered Keepers | (1) synoguy (k: 4), (2) Kostas (k: 10), (3) kcmt01, (4) f3mg (k: 8), (5) Tulio, (6) Travis_Conklin, (7) traumatic, (8) jenny, (9) henkhugo, (10) nettaigyo, (11) apistomaster (k: 10), who also notes: "Kept frquently over the years.", (12) certan, (13) chris 1 (k: 4), (14) Jools, (15) loafingloach (k: 3), who also notes: "needs more friends, shoals are good, but with a heap of baby bristlenose eating up all the algae, its hard to support more.", (16) spot86t (k: 2), (17) Kjlossman, (18) Deb (k: 3), who also notes: "I have kept this species continuously since 1999. Currently have 3, 3.5 yo. Oldest lived 4.5 years.", (19) Shralp, (20) Revol (k: 3), (21) Bengt F, (22) yogi69 (k: 5), (23) dracoz, (24) Terrorblade90 (k: 2), who also notes: "A very little and energic catfish; he can change his colour It' s very sensitive. There is a morph of this fish: when this more-colourated form is just captured, he show a yellow-paint front theth in tank disappear very quickly", (25) Bigpig (k: 6), (26) Archinuke, (27) jbmm (k: 3), (28) invaderwithkey (k: 2), (29) tomh, (30) wheel1 (k: 5), (31) dsmfishgal (k: 4), (32) FuglyDragon (k: 8), (33) bslindgren (k: 5), who also notes: "I got these by mistake with a shipment of sae's. They have done very well, and seem very industrious in feeding on algae. A rather low-key fish that is a nice addition to the community tank.
The last one disappeared in the summer of 2010", (34) glenny, (35) zLoui, (36) catxx (k: 3), who also notes: "originally a trio", (37) LUISGOREY, (38) CoryLoachFreak, (39) Breus (k: 9), (40) TrickyT (k: 3), (41) Scubaguy (k: 4), (42) Complexity (k: 8), who also notes: "Half of the 8 survived long term. I lost 3 of them when they got caught in a CO2 ladder. They would go into the channels, but couldn't go backwards to get back out. They sometimes shoal with my dwarf chain loaches.", (43) Allie72 (k: 3), (44) kfreedman, (45) DutchFry (k: 5), (46) Dinyar, (47) Lyssa (k: 2), (48) briggadane (k: 11), (49) ashik (p: 2, k: 9), who also notes: "Bred in 15g tank. Filtered with Eheim 2215, aquaclear 30 powerhead, eco-complete substrate, some slate and caves, a large clump of java fern.
Tank specs: 15 g (24" x 12"). Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate = 0, GH ~120, KH ~80, 81F, 12h light a day, full ", (50) EdieBird, (51) miravns (k: 2), (52) Fishaliciousfish (k: 12), (53) addictinganimal, (54) AU Chief, (55) LowCat (k: 6), (56) kellygirl (k: 3), (57) Mandrake (k: 2), (58) Lique, (59) kubastanik (p: 2), (60) ASCauley (k: 2), (61) nvcichlids (k: 12), (62) Yofman (k: 3), (63) inkyjenn (k: 4), who also notes: "these guys were being starved at a lfs. all had hollowed out bellies. after 48 hours in the quarantine tank every last scrap of algae was gone. they went readily to prepared foods and now are a fat happy bunch in my 55. ", (64) koter73, (65) Dipsausje (k: 10), (66) evesonevo (k: 3), (67) nikelodeon79, (68) paul b 76 (k: 4), (69) s2man, (70) xander (k: 2), (71) GABear, (72) jquijano, (73) deviating, (74) Blonde1, (75) otoguppylover (k: 3), who also notes: "i have several types of otos i dont know how many i have of each. dam petsmart inventory", (76) I_Xeno (k: 6), (77) pbyrley, (78) willis30, (79) fantonac, (80) DiHo (k: 8), (81) h2opleco, (82) Bristlenose 94, (83) corymkl, (84) fischkringli (k: 2), (85) KTLM (k: 2), (86) acidise, (87) Hitch, (88) francistrus, (89) dragoonwoman, (90) OddOscar (k: 10), who also notes: "I got these fish on my birthday.", (91) naturalart, (92) ayrtoninst (k: 14), (93) L number Banana (k: 8), who also notes: "8 unknowns are babies of one of the oto species but markings are like vittatus body and mariae tail, no white bar.
Noticed the new ones Dec 7, 2009", (94) Gtdaddy3 (k: 3), (95) whiteymoza, (96) Frank the L (k: 5), (97) Nx7 (k: 2), (98) somename, (99) James0816 (p: 2, k: 54), who also notes: "Last spawn: ~ 24-Apr-2010 - Egg Count Unknown. First spawn: 09-Apr-2009
Eggs Found: 16-Mar-2010 - 57
Eggs Found: 18-Mar-2010 - 59
Eggs Found: 27-Mar-2010 - 40
Eggs Found: 31-Mar-2010 - 23
Eggs Found: 01-Apr-2010 - 82
Eggs Found: 07-Apr-2010 - 26
Last spawn: 07-Apr-2010 - 26 Eggs found", "Juvenille Tank - over 50 occupants -Spawn discoverd on 26-Apr-2010 ", (100) cosmicwonderer1, (101) joemc, (102) Barracuda518 (k: 3), (103) Timberwolf (k: 5), (104) sterlingtjones (k: 14), (105) d3n2 (k: 7), (106) Dalek Tzet (k: 4), (107) Kestrix, (108) rhibear (k: 5), (109) Gertbl (k: 5), (110) tijani, (111) PanzerFodder (k: 5), (112) LeeRoy (k: 10), who also notes: "These were listed as Otocinlus (Macrotocinclus ) Affinia but from looking a photos on here and the web I believe that they are vittatus.", (113) RickE, (114) ginagv (k: 5), (115) littlebristlenose (p: 5, k: 11), (116) vibaldi (k: 3), (117) Feanaro (k: 3), (118) MarcW (k: 3), (119) mike h, (120) brianmc, (121) jamieg192 (k: 3), (122) stefjane, (123) Sotty (k: 3), (124) Black_flys (k: 4), (125) snowball (k: 13), (126) biotope69 (k: 4), (127) marangmic (p: 2, k: 10), (128) rmc (k: 6), (129) minkweir, (130) MHS, (131) jp11biod, (132) backstreetgambler, (133) krb (k: 4), (134) theonetruepath (k: 3), (135) Skägget, (136) Bruton, (137) Bastyns, (138) gforcefx, (139) hoblob, (140) jmw (k: 10), (141) Chris5787, (142) HERVE. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | (1) jmw (b: 35). |
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