Hypancistrus furunculus • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Hypancistrus furunculus** Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007
Common Name(s)	L199
Type Locality	Cucue Amerindian village on Río Orinoco, 60 kilometers east of San Juan de Atabapo, 3°58'26''N, 67°09'30''W, Amazonas, Venezuela.
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. Furunculus is Latin for a petty thief or pilferer, and is in reference to the dark band between the eyes that is similar to a bandit?s mask.
Species Information
Size	120mm (4.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Sexing	Mature males have thicker first pectoral ray, more pronounced odontodes on the first pectoral fin ray and odontodes on the rear of the body, and typically a wider head. Mature females are wider around the middle of the body, and much less noticeable body and fin odontodes.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Upper Orinoco, along the border area between Brazil and Venezuela. Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	23.0-26.0°C or 73.4-78.8°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Unlike the popular opinion of many other loricariids, Hypancistrus are more carnivores than algae eaters. This is backed up by a small and lightly toothed mouth that indicates they are poor algae scrapers. Provide small and frequent supply of mainly meaty foods such as dry discus food, bloodworm and even brineshrimp with the infrequent offering of flake or algae tablets.
Compatibility	Suitable with most fish, as long as they are not too large or territorial about bottom-space.
Breeding	Cave breeder, as per other Hypancistrus species.
Further Information
References	Aqualog shows as different fish which looks like L201. Copeia 2007(1) 62-79
Registered Keepers	(1) gimmeplec5 (k: 2), (2) Bengt F (k: 12), (3) alga (k: 7), (4) arndogg (k: 2), who also notes: "m/f, slowly acclimating to my river tank, with L200 and tetras. feeding krill at night, but I haven't seen l199 actually eat it.", (5) nettaigyo, (6) johanlidman, (7) Lutt (k: 2), (8) henryrus, (9) Matien (k: 62), (10) NHL (k: 15), (11) kerryteatsjr (k: 3), (12) diggerfreek, (13) pureplecs (k: 7), (14) thegeeman, (15) Hypancistrus Ben, (16) michele, (17) Greg Curtis, (18) Raz (p: 2, k: 2), (19) claro, (20) Bjørn, (21) oxdeleon, (22) leej24 (k: 4), (23) drpleco (k: 6), (24) robt18, (25) robert521 (k: 3), who also notes: "Uncle Neds", (26) FCS, (27) jac (k: 5), who also notes: "WC adults. First fry 13 oktober '10.", (28) prairiefire (k: 15), (29) ChanggyChinggy, (30) Little-AL, (31) PlecoCrazy (k: 8), (32) bcmitchell, (33) wobbler (k: 6), (34) rayfong, (35) ColumbianChocolate (k: 2), (36) Raina, (37) TerryCherry, (38) plecomanpat, (39) hankinswood, (40) ecelma, (41) avga, (42) jeroensten, (43) retroculus, (44) ltaylor88, (45) macks (k: 2), (46) Nabobmob1 (k: 6), (47) jimpa, (48) AleGer (k: 2), (49) Shawnc, (50) Sanplec (k: 3), (51) marsbar, (52) Plecmadmike (p: 2, k: 21), (53) sem87, (54) DBam, (55) Zulan, (56) rodney, (57) Andrewjw, (58) Krissy (p: 2). 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 Mar 11 09:09 (species record created: 2001 Apr 19 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Hypancistrus furunculus Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007

Cucue Amerindian village on Río Orinoco, 60 kilometers east of San Juan de Atabapo, 3°58'26''N, 67°09'30''W, Amazonas, Venezuela.

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. Furunculus is Latin for a petty thief or pilferer, and is in reference to the dark band between the eyes that is similar to a bandit?s mask.

Species Information

Size

120mm (4.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Sexing

Mature males have thicker first pectoral ray, more pronounced odontodes on the first pectoral fin ray and odontodes on the rear of the body, and typically a wider head. Mature females are wider around the middle of the body, and much less noticeable body and fin odontodes.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Upper Orinoco, along the border area between Brazil and Venezuela.
Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

Temperature

23.0-26.0°C or 73.4-78.8°F (Show others within this range)

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Unlike the popular opinion of many other loricariids, Hypancistrus are more carnivores than algae eaters. This is backed up by a small and lightly toothed mouth that indicates they are poor algae scrapers. Provide small and frequent supply of mainly meaty foods such as dry discus food, bloodworm and even brineshrimp with the infrequent offering of flake or algae tablets.

Compatibility

Suitable with most fish, as long as they are not too large or territorial about bottom-space.

Breeding

Cave breeder, as per other Hypancistrus species.

Further Information

References

Aqualog shows as different fish which looks like L201.
Copeia 2007(1) 62-79

Registered Keepers

(1) gimmeplec5 (k: 2), (2) Bengt F (k: 12), (3) alga (k: 7), (4) arndogg (k: 2), who also notes: "m/f, slowly acclimating to my river tank, with L200 and tetras. feeding krill at night, but I haven't seen l199 actually eat it.", (5) nettaigyo, (6) johanlidman, (7) Lutt (k: 2), (8) henryrus, (9) Matien (k: 62), (10) NHL (k: 15), (11) kerryteatsjr (k: 3), (12) diggerfreek, (13) pureplecs (k: 7), (14) thegeeman, (15) Hypancistrus Ben, (16) michele, (17) Greg Curtis, (18) Raz (p: 2, k: 2), (19) claro, (20) Bjørn, (21) oxdeleon, (22) leej24 (k: 4), (23) drpleco (k: 6), (24) robt18, (25) robert521 (k: 3), who also notes: "Uncle Neds", (26) FCS, (27) jac (k: 5), who also notes: "WC adults. First fry 13 oktober '10.", (28) prairiefire (k: 15), (29) ChanggyChinggy, (30) Little-AL, (31) PlecoCrazy (k: 8), (32) bcmitchell, (33) wobbler (k: 6), (34) rayfong, (35) ColumbianChocolate (k: 2), (36) Raina, (37) TerryCherry, (38) plecomanpat, (39) hankinswood, (40) ecelma, (41) avga, (42) jeroensten, (43) retroculus, (44) ltaylor88, (45) macks (k: 2), (46) Nabobmob1 (k: 6), (47) jimpa, (48) AleGer (k: 2), (49) Shawnc, (50) Sanplec (k: 3), (51) marsbar, (52) Plecmadmike (p: 2, k: 21), (53) sem87, (54) DBam, (55) Zulan, (56) rodney, (57) Andrewjw, (58) Krissy (p: 2).

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Breeding Reports

None.