Hypancistrus sp. (L340) • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog • PlanetCatfish

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Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	Hypancistrus sp. (L340)
Common Name(s)	L340, LDA019, Mega Clown Pleco
Pronunciation	hype an siss truss
Etymology	A contraction of the Greek hypo (meaning less than) and ancistrus, an allusion to the reduced number of teeth (particularly in the lower jaw) found in this genus.
Species Information
Size	80mm (3.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	This species smaller size, the orange colour and the well marked eye junction is a good way to id this species. Can be confused with more strikingly marked Hypancistrus debiliterra.
Habitat Information
Distribution	L340 was first found in the Tomo river basin, but a wider distribution is likely. Orinoco , Middle Orinoco, Tomo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
pH	6.0 - 8.0
Temperature	26.0-30.5°C or 78.8-86.9°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Broadly omnivorous with a preference for meaty (insect based) foods.
Furniture	Rocks, driftwood, dead leaves with sand.
Compatibility	Generally peaceful but territorial towards other plecos of similar size.
Breeding	Can be bred in a large variety of water parameters, breeding isn’t hard to achieve, brood are of small size of around 10-15 eggs, male will guard the eggs and fry in the cave until they are free swimming. Female will breed one at a time like other Hypancistrus.
Further Information
Registered Keepers	(1) Kristofer, (2) guillermo racines, (3) mattmccready, (4) DarkAtlas, (5) HylaChristine (p: 4), (6) Brotox (p: 3), (7) Terrorblade90 (k: 2), who also notes: "Male and female are aggressive between they; a peaceful fish", (8) Cyberbob, (9) henryrus, (10) kerryteatsjr (k: 9), (11) caverman (k: 2), (12) trini_100, (13) glenny, (14) gemjunkie, (15) NHL (k: 8), (16) Ill, (17) rusle, (18) stephaneg (k: 4), (19) pureplecs (k: 6), (20) myfish, (21) miniko, (22) saltcop, (23) PGR (k: 11), (24) AleGer (k: 10), (25) ali12345, (26) ben757, (27) Barbie, (28) hempi23, (29) Per (k: 6), (30) bluescotty23, (31) royaldragoness, (32) tinman_rlg, (33) ofird, who also notes: "8 cm L340, LDA19, Mega Clown Pleco omnivorous ", (34) michele, (35) zenyfish (k: 3), (36) Leander, (37) Devin, (38) Janne Josefsson, (39) Greg Curtis, (40) ronalddevries (k: 2), (41) claro, (42) leej24 (k: 6), (43) jha61, (44) skaskankerbr (k: 4), (45) Zakk Wylde (k: 8), (46) X-Tank, (47) KnaveTO (k: 2), (48) pleco_breeder (k: 3), (49) 2wheelsx2 (p: 3, k: 11), who also notes: "Found 3 alive, but one died before it could be transfered to the cube.", "In 20 gallon quarantine. Wild caught.", (50) jac (k: 5), who also notes: "1 male died today, 15-4-'10", (51) keen-eyed (k: 3), (52) djtonyel (k: 33), (53) Suckermouth (k: 4), (54) Yann (k: 6), (55) freakkmeister, (56) Norman (p: 2, k: 26), (57) mozart (k: 7), (58) monkiecat (k: 2), who also notes: "They seem to spook very easy.", (59) jeroensten (p: 2, k: 23), (60) Raina, (61) TerryCherry (k: 2), (62) FISHFREAK2, (63) plecomanpat (p: 2), (64) essexaqua, (65) WoonyFishMan (k: 2), (66) warrior_wolf73 (p: 2, k: 2), (67) Nabobmob1, (68) dt23, (69) smitty (k: 2), who also notes: "Acquired from Scott Arney "The Fish Warehouse" at the ACA convention in Silver Spring MD on 7/23/2011. Wild caught by Mr. Arney on his trip to south america in november 2010.", (70) biotope69 (k: 5), (71) 29buur, (72) yayfish24, (73) marangmic, (74) PlecoCrazy (k: 6), (75) dav (k: 2), (76) jp11biod, (77) djfattanzo, (78) Rita Aspevik (k: 4), (79) Yakov_krepak, (80) FFTRIP, (81) ColumbianChocolate, (82) galactuz, (83) Lars Jamne (k: 5), (84) mozart625 (k: 14), (85) guysmiley (k: 13), (86) jay_leask (k: 2), (87) FynFisker (k: 6), (88) murinus, (89) Decker504, (90) kitty2234 (k: 2), who also notes: "Plain Clown Plecos. Plan on picking up some Mega Clown Plecos, soon.", (91) rroomm11, (92) hatiras, (93) duequattro, (94) shooter50014 (k: 28), (95) Glyndwr, (96) gem400. 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) AleGer (b: 52), (2) Suckermouth (b: 39), (3) keen-eyed (b: 10).
More Resources	- CotM 2008 May - Search Planet Catfish for more on Hypancistrus sp. (L340) - BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts) - Look up Hypancistrus sp. (L340) on AquaticRepublic.com - URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)
Hits	82173 hits.
Last Update	2008 May 07 11:58 (species record created: 2003 Sep 22 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Hypancistrus sp. (L340)

Common Name(s)

L340, LDA019, Mega Clown Pleco

Pronunciation

hype an siss truss

Etymology

A contraction of the Greek hypo (meaning less than) and ancistrus, an allusion to the reduced number of teeth (particularly in the lower jaw) found in this genus.

Species Information

Size

80mm (3.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

This species smaller size, the orange colour and the well marked eye junction is a good way to id this species. Can be confused with more strikingly marked Hypancistrus debiliterra.

Habitat Information

Distribution

L340 was first found in the Tomo river basin, but a wider distribution is likely.
Orinoco Show it on a map

, Middle Orinoco, Tomo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)

6.0 - 8.0

Temperature

26.0-30.5°C or 78.8-86.9°F (Show others within this range)

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Broadly omnivorous with a preference for meaty (insect based) foods.

Furniture

Rocks, driftwood, dead leaves with sand.

Compatibility

Generally peaceful but territorial towards other plecos of similar size.

Breeding

Can be bred in a large variety of water parameters, breeding isn’t hard to achieve, brood are of small size of around 10-15 eggs, male will guard the eggs and fry in the cave until they are free swimming. Female will breed one at a time like other Hypancistrus.

Further Information

Registered Keepers

(1) Kristofer, (2) guillermo racines, (3) mattmccready, (4) DarkAtlas, (5) HylaChristine (p: 4), (6) Brotox (p: 3), (7) Terrorblade90 (k: 2), who also notes: "Male and female are aggressive between they; a peaceful fish", (8) Cyberbob, (9) henryrus, (10) kerryteatsjr (k: 9), (11) caverman (k: 2), (12) trini_100, (13) glenny, (14) gemjunkie, (15) NHL (k: 8), (16) Ill, (17) rusle, (18) stephaneg (k: 4), (19) pureplecs (k: 6), (20) myfish, (21) miniko, (22) saltcop, (23) PGR (k: 11), (24) AleGer (k: 10), (25) ali12345, (26) ben757, (27) Barbie, (28) hempi23, (29) Per (k: 6), (30) bluescotty23, (31) royaldragoness, (32) tinman_rlg, (33) ofird, who also notes: "8 cm L340, LDA19, Mega Clown Pleco omnivorous ", (34) michele, (35) zenyfish (k: 3), (36) Leander, (37) Devin, (38) Janne Josefsson, (39) Greg Curtis, (40) ronalddevries (k: 2), (41) claro, (42) leej24 (k: 6), (43) jha61, (44) skaskankerbr (k: 4), (45) Zakk Wylde (k: 8), (46) X-Tank, (47) KnaveTO (k: 2), (48) pleco_breeder (k: 3), (49) 2wheelsx2 (p: 3, k: 11), who also notes: "Found 3 alive, but one died before it could be transfered to the cube.", "In 20 gallon quarantine. Wild caught.", (50) jac (k: 5), who also notes: "1 male died today, 15-4-'10", (51) keen-eyed (k: 3), (52) djtonyel (k: 33), (53) Suckermouth (k: 4), (54) Yann (k: 6), (55) freakkmeister, (56) Norman (p: 2, k: 26), (57) mozart (k: 7), (58) monkiecat (k: 2), who also notes: "They seem to spook very easy.", (59) jeroensten (p: 2, k: 23), (60) Raina, (61) TerryCherry (k: 2), (62) FISHFREAK2, (63) plecomanpat (p: 2), (64) essexaqua, (65) WoonyFishMan (k: 2), (66) warrior_wolf73 (p: 2, k: 2), (67) Nabobmob1, (68) dt23, (69) smitty (k: 2), who also notes: "Acquired from Scott Arney "The Fish Warehouse" at the ACA convention in Silver Spring MD on 7/23/2011. Wild caught by Mr. Arney on his trip to south america in november 2010.", (70) biotope69 (k: 5), (71) 29buur, (72) yayfish24, (73) marangmic, (74) PlecoCrazy (k: 6), (75) dav (k: 2), (76) jp11biod, (77) djfattanzo, (78) Rita Aspevik (k: 4), (79) Yakov_krepak, (80) FFTRIP, (81) ColumbianChocolate, (82) galactuz, (83) Lars Jamne (k: 5), (84) mozart625 (k: 14), (85) guysmiley (k: 13), (86) jay_leask (k: 2), (87) FynFisker (k: 6), (88) murinus, (89) Decker504, (90) kitty2234 (k: 2), who also notes: "Plain Clown Plecos. Plan on picking up some Mega Clown Plecos, soon.", (91) rroomm11, (92) hatiras, (93) duequattro, (94) shooter50014 (k: 28), (95) Glyndwr, (96) gem400.

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Breeding Reports

(1) AleGer (b: 52), (2) Suckermouth (b: 39), (3) keen-eyed (b: 10).

More Resources

- CotM

2008

May

- Search Planet Catfish for more on Hypancistrus sp. (L340)
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Look up AquaticRepublic.com

- Look up Hypancistrus sp. (L340) on AquaticRepublic.com Link

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Hits

82173 hits.

Last Update

2008 May 07 11:58 (species record created: 2003 Sep 22 00:00)

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