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| Scientific Name | Hemiancistrus guahiborum Werneke, Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2005 |
| Common Name(s) | L106, Spotted Orange Seam Pleco |
| Type Locality | río Ventuari at raudales Tencua 56 km ESE of San Juan de Manapiare, Venezuela, Amazonas, 05.04968°, -065.62722°. |
| Etymology | Greek, hemi = the half. While the Greek, agkistron = hook, is thought to be the root of the term ancistrus, hemiancistrus can be taken to mean that these species have a part (not exactly HALF) of the features of the genus Ancistrus, but not ALL of the features. Named for the Guahibo, a tribe of people inhabiting parts of southern Venezuela and western Colombia for the help some members of the tribe provided in collecting specimens in the upper río Ventuari. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 150mm (5.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Hemiancistrus guahiborum is distinguishable from the similar L122 by the formers higher body. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Found in middle and upper río Orinoco and its tributaries including the Río Caura, Río Ventuari, and Río Ocamo, also found in Río Casiquiare.
Orinoco  , Middle Orinoco (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Orinoco , Upper Orinoco (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) , Negro, Casiquiare (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Orinoco , Upper Orinoco, Ventuari (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Orinoco , Middle Orinoco, Caura (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Orinoco , Upper Orinoco, Ocamo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Temperature | 24.0-27.0°C or 75.2-80.6°F (Show others within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Gut analysis indicates a diet consisting at least partly of bloodworms and other insect larvae/pupa. |
| Furniture | The natural habitat of this fish is crevices on rocky bottom. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | DATZ 8/1992 pp484-485 Neotropical Ichthyology, 3(4):543-548, 2005 |
| Registered Keepers | (1) smithrc, (2) saltcop, (3) Haavard Stoere (k: 4), (4) scatz, (5) Loracidlover (k: 2), (6) nvcichlids, (7) Kingmickyb, who also notes: "Died, didnt seem to appreciate white spot treatment.", (8) Derzel (k: 2), (9) doodle, (10) MatsP (p: 2, k: 8), who also notes: "Hopefully I've got a male and a female!", (11) upc239, (12) PeterUK, (13) chumpy1972, (14) gr8plecos, (15) husky_jim (k: 8), (16) Donald (k: 3), (17) hankinswood, (18) ecelma, (19) Brisch, (20) stonec0ld, (21) Jako (k: 2), (22) Torb (k: 3), (23) FFTRIP, (24) tiffanyjayne, (25) gforcefx, (26) hatiras, (27) chriscarnivorous (p: 2). 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 | None. |
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| Last Update | 2009 Dec 12 06:32 (species record created: 2001 May 05 00:00) |
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