Pseudacanthicus sp. (L025) • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	Pseudacanthicus sp. (L025) , 1989
Common Name(s)	L025, Scarlet Cactus Pleco, Scarlet Pleco
Type Locality	Rio Xingú, Pará, Brazil
Pronunciation	SUE dah KAN thi cuss
Etymology	Pseud- Greek: False, Acanthicus - Greek: Spiny, Thorny. Literally "False Acanthicus" referring to this genus being similar (but different from) to Acanthicus.
Species Information
Size	450mm (17.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Similar to L024 but with considerably more red colour in the fins and more pronounced black spots. The eyes of L025 are different and give the fish a hooded almost ''evil'' look. Large, monstrously impressive (16''+), individuals have been imported.
Sexing	Mature males have considerably more odontodal growth on most fins rays but the pectorals are most adorned. Females fill out quite considerably in relation to the slender males.
Habitat Information
Distribution	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	6.0 - 7.4
Temperature	24.0-26.0°C or 75.2-78.8°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	Water quality is important for this fish, clear, well-oxygenated especially because of the warmer water this fish prefers.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Carnivore although not a predator, prawns and chopped mussel appear favourites and promote favourable growth. Some vegetable should also be provided and thus balances diet.
Furniture	A potentially large pleco that will need robust decoration in the tank. Fairly reclusive and will need cover to hide in. Care must be taken that no other inhabitants of the aquarium attempt to dispute ownership of this cover. This fish will fight for the territory and, with its array of spines and hooks, can cause serious damage.
Compatibility	aggressively territorial and may cause problems if housed with similar sized nocturnal fish.
Suggested Tankmates	The temptation with large tough Loricariids is to keep them with large, tough other fish such as Oscars or other brutish characters. This actually works quite well with most omnivorous or mainly vegetarian plecos. Pseudacanthicus however are big messy carnivores, but, like all large plecos, produce vast amounts of waste and as such would require monumental filtration to house alongside non-catfish ''equals''. It is better to think of these catfish as the centerpiece fish and stock their aquarium with medium sized (preferably omnivorous) fish. All sizes of barbs work surprisingly well.
Breeding	Unknown but almost certainly a cave or pipe spawner.
Further Information
Registered Keepers	(1) synoguy, (2) fischling, (3) Hephaestus, (4) Daniel Machado, (5) lordotterby, (6) Erlend D Bertelsen (k: 2), (7) CatBrat, (8) soltarii007 (k: 4), (9) ani-mal-lvr, (10) BK, (11) smithrc, (12) Freakdaddy, (13) plugger1969, (14) chillired, (15) Trident2004, (16) trini_100, (17) lizimal, who also notes: "Mephisto! He's been at the LFS for months, we've been wanting to pick him up, and finally the LFS had a sale and we got him! Priced at $200 USD -30% discount. Yay!", (18) firenzenz, (19) scatz, (20) Julie, (21) 78bill, (22) cathje (k: 2), (23) mrwickedweasel, who also notes: "Currently 14 inches in size and king of the tank!", (24) cich_cat, (25) loloveto, (26) FuglyDragon, (27) ElTofi (k: 3), who also notes: "bought in Germany, adults... 1st spawning in early January 2009. Fry is growing (see topic on PC)", (28) michele, (29) jasonkhor (p: 2), (30) OlePaulsen (k: 6), (31) justin_cu, (32) judeblackburn, (33) ayrtoninst (k: 16), (34) Haavard Stoere (k: 8), (35) Neri2495, (36) desmondekker (p: 4), (37) kaleidoskope (k: 2), (38) celticfish (k: 13), (39) bymoor (k: 2), (40) dconnors (k: 5), (41) Kenny Tay, (42) wimmels, (43) bigfin, who also notes: "about 35cm", (44) MilkMan, (45) rayfong, (46) sfchoong (k: 2), who also notes: "4 inch since 25 Dec 10", (47) allim (k: 2), (48) Flex, (49) kamlam (p: 2), (50) freshfishing, (51) FrankNL (k: 4), (52) unstoppablejayd (k: 2), (53) edtam88, (54) ThomasTheFish, (55) Cristoffer Forssander, (56) cjerrom. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Pseudacanthicus sp. (L025) , 1989

Common Name(s)

L025, Scarlet Cactus Pleco, Scarlet Pleco

Type Locality

Rio Xingú, Pará, Brazil

Pronunciation

SUE dah KAN thi cuss

Etymology

Pseud- Greek: False, Acanthicus - Greek: Spiny, Thorny. Literally "False Acanthicus" referring to this genus being similar (but different from) to Acanthicus.

Species Information

Size

450mm (17.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Similar to L024 but with considerably more red colour in the fins and more pronounced black spots. The eyes of L025 are different and give the fish a hooded almost ''evil'' look. Large, monstrously impressive (16''+), individuals have been imported.

Sexing

Mature males have considerably more odontodal growth on most fins rays but the pectorals are most adorned. Females fill out quite considerably in relation to the slender males.

Habitat Information

Distribution

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)

6.0 - 7.4

Temperature

24.0-26.0°C or 75.2-78.8°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

Water quality is important for this fish, clear, well-oxygenated especially because of the warmer water this fish prefers.

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Carnivore although not a predator, prawns and chopped mussel appear favourites and promote favourable growth. Some vegetable should also be provided and thus balances diet.

Furniture

A potentially large pleco that will need robust decoration in the tank. Fairly reclusive and will need cover to hide in. Care must be taken that no other inhabitants of the aquarium attempt to dispute ownership of this cover. This fish will fight for the territory and, with its array of spines and hooks, can cause serious damage.

Compatibility

aggressively territorial and may cause problems if housed with similar sized nocturnal fish.

Suggested Tankmates

The temptation with large tough Loricariids is to keep them with large, tough other fish such as Oscars or other brutish characters. This actually works quite well with most omnivorous or mainly vegetarian plecos. Pseudacanthicus however are big messy carnivores, but, like all large plecos, produce vast amounts of waste and as such would require monumental filtration to house alongside non-catfish ''equals''. It is better to think of these catfish as the centerpiece fish and stock their aquarium with medium sized (preferably omnivorous) fish. All sizes of barbs work surprisingly well.

Breeding

Unknown but almost certainly a cave or pipe spawner.

Further Information

Registered Keepers

(1) synoguy, (2) fischling, (3) Hephaestus, (4) Daniel Machado, (5) lordotterby, (6) Erlend D Bertelsen (k: 2), (7) CatBrat, (8) soltarii007 (k: 4), (9) ani-mal-lvr, (10) BK, (11) smithrc, (12) Freakdaddy, (13) plugger1969, (14) chillired, (15) Trident2004, (16) trini_100, (17) lizimal, who also notes: "Mephisto! He's been at the LFS for months, we've been wanting to pick him up, and finally the LFS had a sale and we got him! Priced at $200 USD -30% discount. Yay!", (18) firenzenz, (19) scatz, (20) Julie, (21) 78bill, (22) cathje (k: 2), (23) mrwickedweasel, who also notes: "Currently 14 inches in size and king of the tank!", (24) cich_cat, (25) loloveto, (26) FuglyDragon, (27) ElTofi (k: 3), who also notes: "bought in Germany, adults... 1st spawning in early January 2009. Fry is growing (see topic on PC)", (28) michele, (29) jasonkhor (p: 2), (30) OlePaulsen (k: 6), (31) justin_cu, (32) judeblackburn, (33) ayrtoninst (k: 16), (34) Haavard Stoere (k: 8), (35) Neri2495, (36) desmondekker (p: 4), (37) kaleidoskope (k: 2), (38) celticfish (k: 13), (39) bymoor (k: 2), (40) dconnors (k: 5), (41) Kenny Tay, (42) wimmels, (43) bigfin, who also notes: "about 35cm", (44) MilkMan, (45) rayfong, (46) sfchoong (k: 2), who also notes: "4 inch since 25 Dec 10", (47) allim (k: 2), (48) Flex, (49) kamlam (p: 2), (50) freshfishing, (51) FrankNL (k: 4), (52) unstoppablejayd (k: 2), (53) edtam88, (54) ThomasTheFish, (55) Cristoffer Forssander, (56) cjerrom.

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Breeding Reports

(1) ElTofi (b: 60).

Articles