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| Scientific Name | Pseudolithoxus dumus (Armbruster & Provenzano, 2000) |
| Common Name(s) | L244 |
| Type Locality | Río Orinoco, backwater behind sand playa ca. 0.5 hr upstream from Isla Temblador, 3°04'N, 66°28'W, Estado Amazonas, Venezuela. |
| Etymology | Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, lithos = stone + Greek, oxys = sharp. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 101mm (4") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Body color light with large, black spots at least anteriorly; spots may combine posteriorly to form bars. Tips of dorsal and caudal spines with light orange to cream-colored spots. Lateral line plates 24-25; dorsal plates 6-9; interdorsal plates 6-7; adipose-caudal plates 6-7; folded dorsal fin plates 11-14; and postanal plates 11-13 |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Orinoco Basin, upper and Casiquiare River basins 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) |
| Temperature | 23.0-26.0°C or 73.4-78.8°F (Show others within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters v. 11 (no. 3) 246 Fig. 3 |
| Registered Keepers | (1) Tuti, (2) Dave Rinaldo, (3) Yann (k: 3), (4) lizimal, who also notes: "Dec 08, one fish vanished without a trace.", (5) L-ko (k: 6), (6) Lightbringer (k: 2), (7) Martin S (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "Feeds on cucumber and courgette. Also feeds on bloodworm pellets and tablet food.", "More active with two specimens. They are often both out, or at least visible. They do not seem overly tolerant of each other. There is a variation in colour too.", (8) prairiefire (k: 14), (9) Torb (k: 3), (10) alsvidur, (11) plecomanpat, (12) smitty (k: 3), who also notes: "Very nice and active pleco. Picked up a 3rd one on 8/22/11 from Captain Nemo's", (13) jimoo (k: 3), (14) a-401, (15) mdwflyer. 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 | 2006 Dec 07 03:16 (species record created: 2002 Oct 15 00:00) |
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