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| Scientific Name | Hypancistrus furunculus Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007 |
| Common Name(s) | L199 |
| Type Locality | Cucue Amerindian village on Río Orinoco, 60 kilometers east of San Juan de Atabapo, 3°58'26''N, 67°09'30''W, Amazonas, Venezuela. |
| 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. Furunculus is Latin for a petty thief or pilferer, and is in reference to the dark band between the eyes that is similar to a bandit?s mask. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 120mm (4.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Upper Orinoco, Border area Brazil/Venezuela Orinoco  , Upper Orinoco (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Temperature | 23.0-26.0°C or 73.4-78.8°F (Show others within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Cave breeder, as per other Hypancistrus species. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Ann. Wien. Mus. Naturges.v. 1 (no. 1) - pp25 Aqualog shows as different fish which looks like L201. Copeia 2007(1) 62-79 |
| Registered Keepers | (1) gimmeplec5 (k: 2), (2) Bengt F (k: 12), (3) alga (k: 7), (4) arndogg (k: 2), who also notes: "m/f, slowly acclimating to my river tank, with L200 and tetras. feeding krill at night, but I haven't seen l199 actually eat it.", (5) nettaigyo, (6) johanlidman, (7) Lutt (k: 2), (8) henryrus, (9) Matien (k: 62), (10) NHL (k: 15), (11) kerryteatsjr (k: 3), (12) diggerfreek, (13) Dinyar, (14) pureplecs (k: 7), (15) thegeeman, (16) Hypancistrus Ben, (17) michele, (18) Greg Curtis, (19) Raz (p: 2, k: 2), (20) claro, (21) Bjørn, (22) oxdeleon, (23) leej24 (k: 4), (24) drpleco (k: 6), (25) robt18, (26) robert521 (k: 3), who also notes: "Uncle Neds", (27) FCS, (28) jac (k: 5), who also notes: "WC adults.
First fry 13 oktober '10.", (29) prairiefire (k: 15), (30) ChanggyChinggy, (31) Little-AL, (32) PlecoCrazy (k: 8), (33) bcmitchell, (34) wobbler (k: 6), (35) rayfong, (36) ColumbianChocolate (k: 2), (37) Mazzi, (38) Raina, (39) TerryCherry, (40) plecomanpat, (41) hankinswood, (42) ecelma, (43) avga, (44) jeroensten, (45) retroculus, (46) ltaylor88, (47) macks (k: 2), (48) Nabobmob1 (k: 6), (49) jimpa, (50) AleGer (k: 2), (51) Shawnc, (52) Sanplec (k: 3), (53) marsbar, (54) gosephe (k: 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 | 2011 Apr 02 06:03 (species record created: 2001 Apr 19 00:00) |
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