Leporacanthicus triactis • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Leporacanthicus triactis** Isbrücker, Nijssen & Nico, 1992
Common Name(s)	L091, Three Beacon Pleco
Type Locality	Caño Mavaquita, Upper Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela, ca. 2°12'30''N, 65°05'30''W.
Pronunciation	lepor ah KAN thi cuss - try ACT iss
Etymology	Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit + Greek, akantha = thorn.
Species Information
Size	247mm (9.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Depending on its age, sex, mood or surroundings the fish can vary from brown or grey to charcoal black. It has three vivid orange to yellow blotches; one each on all three of the non-paired fins.
Sexing	Adult males have a much longer and broader head with small odontodes on the sides of head, more odontodes on pectoral fin spine and on the whole body, a bigger dorsal fin and normally a prettier coloration.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Venezuela: Orinoco Basin, Upper Orinoco drainage. Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
pH	6.0 - 7.6
Temperature	24.0-27.0°C or 75.2-80.6°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Not a true vegetarian so a wide variety of foods, including algae wafers, cucumber or courgette (zucchini), frozen bloodworm, prawns, shrimps and tablet food. Shelled crustaceans or mollusks appear favourite foods but should be fed sparingly or used for conditioning.
Furniture	Prefers bogwood and darker rocks.
Compatibility	Gets on with small lively catfish but avoid too many other larger bottom dwellers (unless space permits) due to the territorial disputes.
Suggested Tankmates	Most small to medium community fish. Tetras and South American cichlids are ideal, unless you really go for it when providing a strong water current.
Breeding	See catfish of the month article (link below).
Further Information
References	Aquar. Terrar. Z.v. 46 (no. 1) - pp3 - Figs. 1-6
Registered Keepers	(1) Hephaestus, (2) Cory-Diddi, (3) black&white (p: 3), (4) fish fodder, (5) Tuti, (6) nettaigyo, (7) PoohBear, (8) BK, (9) ani-mal-lvr, (10) Freakdaddy, (11) Högö, (12) Lemonspot, (13) invaderwithkey, (14) lizimal, who also notes: "name: unnamed still. Dragon Fin variety. 12/28/07 Just to close off this fish's story, we're sure now that he concussed himself really severely by trying to swim very fast through a hole in the wood in the tank that was far too small. His act", (15) goodmike, (16) Daragh, (17) Haavard Stoere (k: 3), (18) jippo, (19) Cdn Glenwood, (20) Joetee, (21) scatz, (22) Borbi (k: 3), (23) weisel, (24) ronsterrc, (25) Tommi, (26) soltarii007, (27) thejudgement, (28) royaldragoness, (29) fleahound, (30) nowhereman, (31) tezr, (32) Dave Rinaldo, (33) OlePaulsen, (34) Janne Josefsson, (35) scotty105, (36) dr_philatelist, (37) Bjørn, (38) CanadaPleco (k: 4), (39) Kampfer, (40) dannyrawlins, (41) Nx7, (42) 2wheelsx2 (k: 2), who also notes: "Nov. 14, 2010. One died from a bacterial bloom from overfeeding by wife while I was gone.", (43) PeterUK, (44) MatsP (p: 2, k: 8), (45) upc239, (46) fishermandan, (47) tsunderl, (48) warrior_wolf73, (49) smitty (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "Loss due to Hurricane Irene", (50) Daniel_yeo, (51) oli (k: 3), (52) Nat (p: 2), (53) hossma, (54) Buc_Nasty, (55) arthos, (56) chubbikins, (57) cjhoogma, (58) john_d (k: 2), (59) rayfong, (60) Turbo, (61) plecomanpat, (62) jvision (k: 4), (63) FunkyFredFrog, (64) Carter77, (65) nvcichlids (k: 6), (66) Rita Aspevik (k: 5), (67) Decker504, (68) zigster, (69) cdc069, (70) tiffanyjayne, (71) Elwood, (72) bigamefish, (73) nessaja, (74) teddyman5, (75) knirper, (76) Crel, (77) mdwflyer, (78) Brisch, (79) yogi88, (80) tagamasid1023 (p: 5, k: 5), who also notes: "Biggest female at 180mm.", "Smallest in the colony.", "Grown to 170mm from 125mm in the span of 2 months.", (81) victoriaz24, (82) dolgolev, (83) m1ke715m, (84) pleco123 (k: 3), (85) merit, (86) Hapaboy, (87) sem87, (88) Andrewjw, (89) Syno Rey, (90) Arnestad, (91) girema, (92) PlecosAndLoaches, (93) aX!o, (94) cjerrom, (95) Brad Pleco Addict. 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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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Leporacanthicus triactis Isbrücker, Nijssen & Nico, 1992

Common Name(s)

L091, Three Beacon Pleco

Type Locality

Caño Mavaquita, Upper Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela, ca. 2°12'30''N, 65°05'30''W.

Pronunciation

lepor ah KAN thi cuss - try ACT iss

Etymology

Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit + Greek, akantha = thorn.

Species Information

Size

247mm (9.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Depending on its age, sex, mood or surroundings the fish can vary from brown or grey to charcoal black. It has three vivid orange to yellow blotches; one each on all three of the non-paired fins.

Sexing

Adult males have a much longer and broader head with small odontodes on the sides of head, more odontodes on pectoral fin spine and on the whole body, a bigger dorsal fin and normally a prettier coloration.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Venezuela: Orinoco Basin, Upper Orinoco drainage.
Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

6.0 - 7.6

Temperature

24.0-27.0°C or 75.2-80.6°F (Show others within this range)

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Not a true vegetarian so a wide variety of foods, including algae wafers, cucumber or courgette (zucchini), frozen bloodworm, prawns, shrimps and tablet food. Shelled crustaceans or mollusks appear favourite foods but should be fed sparingly or used for conditioning.

Furniture

Prefers bogwood and darker rocks.

Compatibility

Gets on with small lively catfish but avoid too many other larger bottom dwellers (unless space permits) due to the territorial disputes.

Suggested Tankmates

Most small to medium community fish. Tetras and South American cichlids are ideal, unless you really go for it when providing a strong water current.

Breeding

See catfish of the month article (link below).

Further Information

References

Aquar. Terrar. Z.v. 46 (no. 1) - pp3 - Figs. 1-6

Registered Keepers

(1) Hephaestus, (2) Cory-Diddi, (3) black&white (p: 3), (4) fish fodder, (5) Tuti, (6) nettaigyo, (7) PoohBear, (8) BK, (9) ani-mal-lvr, (10) Freakdaddy, (11) Högö, (12) Lemonspot, (13) invaderwithkey, (14) lizimal, who also notes: "name: unnamed still. Dragon Fin variety. 12/28/07 Just to close off this fish's story, we're sure now that he concussed himself really severely by trying to swim very fast through a hole in the wood in the tank that was far too small. His act", (15) goodmike, (16) Daragh, (17) Haavard Stoere (k: 3), (18) jippo, (19) Cdn Glenwood, (20) Joetee, (21) scatz, (22) Borbi (k: 3), (23) weisel, (24) ronsterrc, (25) Tommi, (26) soltarii007, (27) thejudgement, (28) royaldragoness, (29) fleahound, (30) nowhereman, (31) tezr, (32) Dave Rinaldo, (33) OlePaulsen, (34) Janne Josefsson, (35) scotty105, (36) dr_philatelist, (37) Bjørn, (38) CanadaPleco (k: 4), (39) Kampfer, (40) dannyrawlins, (41) Nx7, (42) 2wheelsx2 (k: 2), who also notes: "Nov. 14, 2010. One died from a bacterial bloom from overfeeding by wife while I was gone.", (43) PeterUK, (44) MatsP (p: 2, k: 8), (45) upc239, (46) fishermandan, (47) tsunderl, (48) warrior_wolf73, (49) smitty (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "Loss due to Hurricane Irene", (50) Daniel_yeo, (51) oli (k: 3), (52) Nat (p: 2), (53) hossma, (54) Buc_Nasty, (55) arthos, (56) chubbikins, (57) cjhoogma, (58) john_d (k: 2), (59) rayfong, (60) Turbo, (61) plecomanpat, (62) jvision (k: 4), (63) FunkyFredFrog, (64) Carter77, (65) nvcichlids (k: 6), (66) Rita Aspevik (k: 5), (67) Decker504, (68) zigster, (69) cdc069, (70) tiffanyjayne, (71) Elwood, (72) bigamefish, (73) nessaja, (74) teddyman5, (75) knirper, (76) Crel, (77) mdwflyer, (78) Brisch, (79) yogi88, (80) tagamasid1023 (p: 5, k: 5), who also notes: "Biggest female at 180mm.", "Smallest in the colony.", "Grown to 170mm from 125mm in the span of 2 months.", (81) victoriaz24, (82) dolgolev, (83) m1ke715m, (84) pleco123 (k: 3), (85) merit, (86) Hapaboy, (87) sem87, (88) Andrewjw, (89) Syno Rey, (90) Arnestad, (91) girema, (92) PlecosAndLoaches, (93) aX!o, (94) cjerrom, (95) Brad Pleco Addict.

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Breeding Reports

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