Lasiancistrus saetiger • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Lasiancistrus saetiger** Armbruster, J, 2005
Common Name(s)	L322
Type Locality	Brazil, Pará, rio Guamá near Ourém, 1°34'07''S, 47°10'08''W (purchased from an aquarium dealer and the coordinates are for his house on the edge of the river).
Pronunciation	LASS ee an SISS truss
Etymology	Greek, lasios, -a, -on = hairy + Greek, agkistron = hook This specific epithet literally means bristle bearing (saetiger=bristle bearing) and refers to the odontodes present in this species.
Species Information
Size	130mm (5.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Imported and sold for a long time as Lasiancistrus scolymus, this fish became an l-number when that identification was proven incorrect, this lasted for only a relatively short time until the fish was described at the end of 2005.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Lasiancistrus saetiger is known from a single collection of fishes from the rio Guamá, a tributary of the rio Capim, a drainage that enters the Atlantic just southeast of the mouth of the Amazon. Amazon, Lower Amazon, Capim, Guamá (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Neotrop. ichthyol. vol.3 no.4 Porto Alegre Oct./Dec. 2005
Registered Keepers	(1) Daniel Machado. 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	None.
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Last Update	2013 Jan 24 11:36 (species record created: 2005 Jul 18 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Lasiancistrus saetiger Armbruster, J, 2005

Brazil, Pará, rio Guamá near Ourém, 1°34'07''S, 47°10'08''W (purchased from an aquarium dealer and the coordinates are for his house on the edge of the river).

Pronunciation

LASS ee an SISS truss

Etymology

Greek, lasios, -a, -on = hairy + Greek, agkistron = hook This specific epithet literally means bristle bearing (saetiger=bristle bearing) and refers to the odontodes present in this species.

Species Information

Size

130mm (5.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Imported and sold for a long time as Lasiancistrus scolymus, this fish became an l-number when that identification was proven incorrect, this lasted for only a relatively short time until the fish was described at the end of 2005.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Lasiancistrus saetiger is known from a single collection of fishes from the rio Guamá, a tributary of the rio Capim, a drainage that enters the Atlantic just southeast of the mouth of the Amazon.
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Capim, Guamá (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

Husbandry Information

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Neotrop. ichthyol. vol.3 no.4 Porto Alegre Oct./Dec. 2005

Registered Keepers

(1) Daniel Machado.

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

None.