Hypancistrus sp. (L333) • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	Hypancistrus sp. (L333)
Common Name(s)	L333
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	150mm (5.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	If kept in good water conditions, this fish displays a very dark brown to black body with white lines. Looks very similiar to L066, but L066 has more of a white body base colouration with black lines on top! L333 is also stubbier from head to tail than most other congeners.
Sexing	Adult males develope teeth-like odontodes around the head and the pectoral fins. Viewed from above the female looks much more massive than the male. Easiest way of sexing even half-grown ones is to provide enough caves. The fish entering and staying in the holes are only the males.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Rio Xingu, Brazil Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
pH	6.4 - 7.2
Temperature	26.0-31.0°C or 78.8-87.8°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	Use very soft water at about 80-120 mS recommended for optimum care.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Prefers meaty foods like shrimps, larvae or quality tablets. May even show interest in some vegetables.
Furniture	Sand substrate, wood and many holes for the males to hide. Plants are welcome but not neccessary, will sometimes be eaten.
Compatibility	Very good tankmate for any fish living at the top of the water column. Much more demanding of the aquarist if attempting to keep together with Corydoras or other ground-living fish.
Breeding	Very easy. The male keeps about 50-80 eggs in his hole. The fry leave the parental home at about 14 days and can easily be feed with tablets and frozen foods. Use a neutral pH and very soft water, temperature should be around 30 & Celsius.
Further Information
Registered Keepers	(1) Iwona, (2) fischling, (3) Ak Viking (k: 32), (4) Promod, (5) Cory-Diddi, (6) plecoboy, (7) gimmeplec5 (k: 11), (8) funkyj1313, (9) Barbie, (10) plecoready, (11) flashg-b, (12) amergim, (13) alga (k: 7), (14) fishfarmer (k: 13), who also notes: "Breeding report on my web site http://cinci-fishfarmer.com/reports/L-333BR.html", (15) mattmccready, (16) Kingkat, (17) LoL, (18) apistomaster (k: 287), who also notes: "One of my favorite Hypancistrus. Have a good mature colony, seems like they could spawn at anytime the right conditions trigger them. Shy.", (19) Kenneth Wong, (20) Owch, (21) Brotox (p: 4), (22) Bristle nose, (23) Earthgoddess, (24) wolf13, (25) dennysfishroom, (26) kurasaki, (27) prutsprogrammeur (k: 2), (28) cobraconny (k: 2), (29) Vierrollenfreak (k: 4), (30) henryrus, (31) Tomas (k: 4), (32) Dave_C (k: 4), (33) layzmob, (34) Walter, (35) L127 (k: 2), (36) neon, (37) Selveste_Preben, (38) chillired, (39) drgold (k: 6), (40) teddyman5 (k: 6), (41) gemjunkie, (42) jburke11 (k: 4), (43) LUISGOREY, (44) museau, (45) theonetruepath (k: 3), (46) jasonplec1, (47) Freakdaddy (k: 7), (48) longstocking (k: 4), who also notes: "Just starting keeping them. So we will see !", (49) toddnbecka (k: 7), (50) Firestorming (k: 17), (51) Koen (k: 4), (52) chorrylan (k: 6), (53) L-ko, (54) Borbi (k: 5), (55) briggadane (k: 3), (56) Julie, (57) MotorCityAquatics, (58) anninen, (59) pureplecs (k: 10), (60) Numbers (k: 2), who also notes: "Male 10cm Female 8cm Asat 1-5-08 Small Fish - Lee $450 for pair", (61) worldwide73, (62) Shawnc (p: 2, k: 17), (63) alexmuchtar, (64) chanteloup (p: 7), (65) The Highlander, (66) addictedtocats, (67) PGR (k: 6), (68) miq, (69) plec0 (k: 17), (70) panaquesta, (71) snaggle, (72) ben757, (73) Waterboy, (74) nashnut, (75) Merlinmaus, (76) junaid, (77) Blaarontjes (p: 3), (78) Lloydy, (79) skaskankerbr (k: 3), (80) PlecoCrazy (k: 5), (81) bcb, (82) fusco (k: 8), (83) Holey_Rock_of_Texas (k: 2), (84) don90, (85) Dixen (DK), (86) gem400 (k: 7), (87) jsper, (88) BrendanK, (89) mulloway (p: 3, k: 6), (90) ali12345, (91) thejudgement, (92) Per (k: 5), (93) fischkringli, (94) jac (k: 8), (95) foley, (96) Azarak (k: 2), (97) boogie, (98) drakeho (k: 9), (99) Rohan Richardson (p: 2), (100) tinman_rlg, (101) matti2uude (k: 35), who also notes: "Breeding group of 5 plus fry.", (102) oxdeleon, (103) krzys, (104) h2opleco, (105) icekiki, (106) tcmfish (k: 4), (107) Bacce, (108) jiapei, (109) tilly, (110) Janne Josefsson, (111) godfreyhales (k: 9), (112) tinycichlid1 (k: 4), (113) leej24 (k: 7), who also notes: "These juveniles are located in a 20 gallon long.", (114) ucdxmisty, (115) ouscazz (k: 2), (116) claro, (117) cichlideakvarie.dk, (118) Anni, (119) Juand15, (120) Jools, (121) schoie, (122) Bjørn, (123) Hellboy (k: 6), (124) drd, (125) Elisabeth Dahl (k: 6), (126) X-Tank, (127) drpleco (p: 3, k: 17), (128) CanadaPleco, (129) svenrhapsody, (130) vanillarum (k: 6), (131) yos.sho, (132) plecotac, (133) danielryan (k: 15), (134) bottomfeeders (k: 5), (135) nkm68, (136) Tallblue (k: 20), who also notes: "3-12-2010 : First Brood about 6 months old. Second Brood about 4 months old. Using Almond leaves about 3 in a 55. (fry eat the leaf so do older fry, even juveniles) Also Black Water By Tetra. Charcoal in filter.", (137) paul_shari (k: 5), (138) Rita Aspevik (k: 6), (139) stefanfischer (k: 19), (140) Neri2495, (141) J Bluto, (142) Suckermouth (k: 7), (143) Aquanaut, (144) scat35, (145) 2wheelsx2 (p: 3, k: 3), who also notes: "F1 from Ontario. 6 of the 7 have succumbed to unknown infection.", "Added a full grown adult from Charles. Will be transferred to cube.", "Bonus to L134 deal", (146) dconnors (k: 32), (147) Kenny Tay, (148) a2fishguy (k: 7), (149) Kudlaty (p: 2), (150) robert521 (k: 6), (151) Torb (k: 3), (152) tspaceace68, (153) upc239 (k: 2), (154) verbal (k: 3), (155) rhibear (k: 5), (156) wolverine2031, (157) Amazoniensis (k: 3), (158) tiffanyjayne, (159) KiwiBigD, (160) phypes (k: 6), (161) BasS (k: 3), (162) mozart (k: 5), (163) FunkyFredFrog (k: 3), (164) Raina, (165) plecomanpat (k: 2), (166) idudi, (167) L260, (168) avga, (169) bigbird (k: 7), (170) jp11biod, (171) DOThack (p: 3), (172) Nabobmob1, (173) zebra1, (174) glenny (k: 2), (175) smitty, who also notes: "They had pleco listed as L066. I will have to further check to confirm which one it actually is. However I am leaning towards L333.", (176) tomr (k: 8), (177) dreville, (178) kouen, (179) Blackhawker (p: 2), (180) stumac (k: 14), who also notes: "3 adult yellow type and 11 sub adult black and white about 2.5"", (181) dt23, (182) Black_flys (k: 12), (183) FFTRIP (p: 2), (184) biotope69 (k: 2), (185) chez, (186) ITR371 (k: 7), (187) YARIS, (188) newcatfish (p: 4), (189) Zulan, (190) keen-eyed (k: 7), (191) maas, (192) rroomm11 (k: 8), (193) mikeyboy31175, (194) lukan, (195) catfishhunter (p: 2), (196) ccc, (197) Ecrevince (k: 2), (198) jha61, (199) safy (k: 2), (200) galactuz, (201) Max Chumachenko (k: 10), (202) l3334life, (203) dav, (204) Elwood (k: 5), (205) mikebren12 (k: 2), (206) Ottofan2003, (207) gforcefx, (208) brizmale28, (209) dudiel, (210) shooter50014 (p: 2, k: 155), (211) BrianShr, (212) FrankvdB, (213) PseudaSmart (k: 5), (214) HERVE, (215) milosz (k: 5), (216) eyal8a, (217) yogi88, (218) Blackguard, (219) Aquaman19, (220) Beniji, (221) GregT, (222) JamieDurrant (k: 7), who also notes: "Have 7 L333 fry bought at around 1-1.5" growing on hopefully for a breeding project. Growing well on bloodworms, tetra prima and mussels.", (223) PNTaquatics (k: 5), (224) fallout801 (k: 4), (225) thepenguin, (226) kawa85 (k: 43), (227) Yowie, (228) Id16, (229) dan1984, (230) KillieOrCory, (231) m1ke715m (k: 5), (232) Cristoffer Forssander, (233) cpu4998, (234) stephan333, (235) Microsab, (236) play82on, (237) Anthony King, (238) janohansen, (239) steph en jess (k: 5), (240) rodney, (241) adcc (p: 2, k: 12), (242) Andrewjw (k: 6), (243) sem87, (244) XgreenX, (245) pleco rob, (246) csengc61, (247) jorgehdzy, (248) Krissy, (249) Syno Rey (k: 3), (250) stevens.wang, (251) crazyjock (k: 7), (252) Alexandermaule. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	(1) PseudaSmart (b: 56), (2) Cristoffer Forssander (b: 47), (3) Suckermouth (b: 39), (4) Elwood (b: 17), (5) Andrewjw (b: 12), (6) Zulan (b: 8).
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Hypancistrus sp. (L333)

hype an siss truss

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

150mm (5.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

If kept in good water conditions, this fish displays a very dark brown to black body with white lines.

Looks very similiar to L066, but L066 has more of a white body base colouration with black lines on top! L333 is also stubbier from head to tail than most other congeners.

Sexing

Adult males develope teeth-like odontodes around the head and the pectoral fins. Viewed from above the female looks much more massive than the male.

Easiest way of sexing even half-grown ones is to provide enough caves. The fish entering and staying in the holes are only the males.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Rio Xingu, Brazil
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

6.4 - 7.2

Temperature

26.0-31.0°C or 78.8-87.8°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

Use very soft water at about 80-120 mS recommended for optimum care.

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Prefers meaty foods like shrimps, larvae or quality tablets. May even show interest in some vegetables.

Furniture

Sand substrate, wood and many holes for the males to hide. Plants are welcome but not neccessary, will sometimes be eaten.

Compatibility

Very good tankmate for any fish living at the top of the water column. Much more demanding of the aquarist if attempting to keep together with Corydoras or other ground-living fish.

Breeding

Very easy. The male keeps about 50-80 eggs in his hole. The fry leave the parental home at about 14 days and can easily be feed with tablets and frozen foods. Use a neutral pH and very soft water, temperature should be around 30 & Celsius.

Further Information

Registered Keepers

(1) Iwona, (2) fischling, (3) Ak Viking (k: 32), (4) Promod, (5) Cory-Diddi, (6) plecoboy, (7) gimmeplec5 (k: 11), (8) funkyj1313, (9) Barbie, (10) plecoready, (11) flashg-b, (12) amergim, (13) alga (k: 7), (14) fishfarmer (k: 13), who also notes: "Breeding report on my web site http://cinci-fishfarmer.com/reports/L-333BR.html", (15) mattmccready, (16) Kingkat, (17) LoL, (18) apistomaster (k: 287), who also notes: "One of my favorite Hypancistrus. Have a good mature colony, seems like they could spawn at anytime the right conditions trigger them. Shy.", (19) Kenneth Wong, (20) Owch, (21) Brotox (p: 4), (22) Bristle nose, (23) Earthgoddess, (24) wolf13, (25) dennysfishroom, (26) kurasaki, (27) prutsprogrammeur (k: 2), (28) cobraconny (k: 2), (29) Vierrollenfreak (k: 4), (30) henryrus, (31) Tomas (k: 4), (32) Dave_C (k: 4), (33) layzmob, (34) Walter, (35) L127 (k: 2), (36) neon, (37) Selveste_Preben, (38) chillired, (39) drgold (k: 6), (40) teddyman5 (k: 6), (41) gemjunkie, (42) jburke11 (k: 4), (43) LUISGOREY, (44) museau, (45) theonetruepath (k: 3), (46) jasonplec1, (47) Freakdaddy (k: 7), (48) longstocking (k: 4), who also notes: "Just starting keeping them. So we will see !", (49) toddnbecka (k: 7), (50) Firestorming (k: 17), (51) Koen (k: 4), (52) chorrylan (k: 6), (53) L-ko, (54) Borbi (k: 5), (55) briggadane (k: 3), (56) Julie, (57) MotorCityAquatics, (58) anninen, (59) pureplecs (k: 10), (60) Numbers (k: 2), who also notes: "Male 10cm Female 8cm Asat 1-5-08 Small Fish - Lee $450 for pair", (61) worldwide73, (62) Shawnc (p: 2, k: 17), (63) alexmuchtar, (64) chanteloup (p: 7), (65) The Highlander, (66) addictedtocats, (67) PGR (k: 6), (68) miq, (69) plec0 (k: 17), (70) panaquesta, (71) snaggle, (72) ben757, (73) Waterboy, (74) nashnut, (75) Merlinmaus, (76) junaid, (77) Blaarontjes (p: 3), (78) Lloydy, (79) skaskankerbr (k: 3), (80) PlecoCrazy (k: 5), (81) bcb, (82) fusco (k: 8), (83) Holey_Rock_of_Texas (k: 2), (84) don90, (85) Dixen (DK), (86) gem400 (k: 7), (87) jsper, (88) BrendanK, (89) mulloway (p: 3, k: 6), (90) ali12345, (91) thejudgement, (92) Per (k: 5), (93) fischkringli, (94) jac (k: 8), (95) foley, (96) Azarak (k: 2), (97) boogie, (98) drakeho (k: 9), (99) Rohan Richardson (p: 2), (100) tinman_rlg, (101) matti2uude (k: 35), who also notes: "Breeding group of 5 plus fry.", (102) oxdeleon, (103) krzys, (104) h2opleco, (105) icekiki, (106) tcmfish (k: 4), (107) Bacce, (108) jiapei, (109) tilly, (110) Janne Josefsson, (111) godfreyhales (k: 9), (112) tinycichlid1 (k: 4), (113) leej24 (k: 7), who also notes: "These juveniles are located in a 20 gallon long.", (114) ucdxmisty, (115) ouscazz (k: 2), (116) claro, (117) cichlideakvarie.dk, (118) Anni, (119) Juand15, (120) Jools, (121) schoie, (122) Bjørn, (123) Hellboy (k: 6), (124) drd, (125) Elisabeth Dahl (k: 6), (126) X-Tank, (127) drpleco (p: 3, k: 17), (128) CanadaPleco, (129) svenrhapsody, (130) vanillarum (k: 6), (131) yos.sho, (132) plecotac, (133) danielryan (k: 15), (134) bottomfeeders (k: 5), (135) nkm68, (136) Tallblue (k: 20), who also notes: "3-12-2010 : First Brood about 6 months old. Second Brood about 4 months old. Using Almond leaves about 3 in a 55. (fry eat the leaf so do older fry, even juveniles) Also Black Water By Tetra. Charcoal in filter.", (137) paul_shari (k: 5), (138) Rita Aspevik (k: 6), (139) stefanfischer (k: 19), (140) Neri2495, (141) J Bluto, (142) Suckermouth (k: 7), (143) Aquanaut, (144) scat35, (145) 2wheelsx2 (p: 3, k: 3), who also notes: "F1 from Ontario. 6 of the 7 have succumbed to unknown infection.", "Added a full grown adult from Charles. Will be transferred to cube.", "Bonus to L134 deal", (146) dconnors (k: 32), (147) Kenny Tay, (148) a2fishguy (k: 7), (149) Kudlaty (p: 2), (150) robert521 (k: 6), (151) Torb (k: 3), (152) tspaceace68, (153) upc239 (k: 2), (154) verbal (k: 3), (155) rhibear (k: 5), (156) wolverine2031, (157) Amazoniensis (k: 3), (158) tiffanyjayne, (159) KiwiBigD, (160) phypes (k: 6), (161) BasS (k: 3), (162) mozart (k: 5), (163) FunkyFredFrog (k: 3), (164) Raina, (165) plecomanpat (k: 2), (166) idudi, (167) L260, (168) avga, (169) bigbird (k: 7), (170) jp11biod, (171) DOThack (p: 3), (172) Nabobmob1, (173) zebra1, (174) glenny (k: 2), (175) smitty, who also notes: "They had pleco listed as L066. I will have to further check to confirm which one it actually is. However I am leaning towards L333.", (176) tomr (k: 8), (177) dreville, (178) kouen, (179) Blackhawker (p: 2), (180) stumac (k: 14), who also notes: "3 adult yellow type and 11 sub adult black and white about 2.5"", (181) dt23, (182) Black_flys (k: 12), (183) FFTRIP (p: 2), (184) biotope69 (k: 2), (185) chez, (186) ITR371 (k: 7), (187) YARIS, (188) newcatfish (p: 4), (189) Zulan, (190) keen-eyed (k: 7), (191) maas, (192) rroomm11 (k: 8), (193) mikeyboy31175, (194) lukan, (195) catfishhunter (p: 2), (196) ccc, (197) Ecrevince (k: 2), (198) jha61, (199) safy (k: 2), (200) galactuz, (201) Max Chumachenko (k: 10), (202) l3334life, (203) dav, (204) Elwood (k: 5), (205) mikebren12 (k: 2), (206) Ottofan2003, (207) gforcefx, (208) brizmale28, (209) dudiel, (210) shooter50014 (p: 2, k: 155), (211) BrianShr, (212) FrankvdB, (213) PseudaSmart (k: 5), (214) HERVE, (215) milosz (k: 5), (216) eyal8a, (217) yogi88, (218) Blackguard, (219) Aquaman19, (220) Beniji, (221) GregT, (222) JamieDurrant (k: 7), who also notes: "Have 7 L333 fry bought at around 1-1.5" growing on hopefully for a breeding project. Growing well on bloodworms, tetra prima and mussels.", (223) PNTaquatics (k: 5), (224) fallout801 (k: 4), (225) thepenguin, (226) kawa85 (k: 43), (227) Yowie, (228) Id16, (229) dan1984, (230) KillieOrCory, (231) m1ke715m (k: 5), (232) Cristoffer Forssander, (233) cpu4998, (234) stephan333, (235) Microsab, (236) play82on, (237) Anthony King, (238) janohansen, (239) steph en jess (k: 5), (240) rodney, (241) adcc (p: 2, k: 12), (242) Andrewjw (k: 6), (243) sem87, (244) XgreenX, (245) pleco rob, (246) csengc61, (247) jorgehdzy, (248) Krissy, (249) Syno Rey (k: 3), (250) stevens.wang, (251) crazyjock (k: 7), (252) Alexandermaule.

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Breeding Reports

(1) PseudaSmart (b: 56), (2) Cristoffer Forssander (b: 47), (3) Suckermouth (b: 39), (4) Elwood (b: 17), (5) Andrewjw (b: 12), (6) Zulan (b: 8).

Search Planet Catfish for more on Hypancistrus sp. (L333)

Look up Hypancistrus sp. (L333) on AquaticRepublic.com

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Hits

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Last Update

2005 Dec 10 00:00 (species record created: 2003 Jun 28 00:00)

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