Leporacanthicus joselimai • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Leporacanthicus joselimai** Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989
Common Name(s)	L264, Sultan Pleco
Type Locality	Rio Tapajós, perta de Itaituba, Maloquinha, Est. Pará, Brazil.
Pronunciation	lepor ah KAN thi cuss - joe see LIM eye
Etymology	Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit + Greek, akantha = thorn. Named to honour Professor José Lima de Figueiredo of University of Sao Paolo.
Species Information
Size	150mm (5.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Grey with black spots. Juveniles (< 9-10 cm) have white tips on their fins, which fades to yellow as the animals mature.
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	Brazil: Tapajós Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós (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	25.0-27.0°C or 77-80.6°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	Sensitive to nitrites and nitrates above 50 mg/l. Prefers neutral or acid pH, but can tolerate mildly hard water.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Not a fussy eater. Primarily herbivorous, but appreciates some meat in its diet. Will eat sinking pellets and vegetables such as cucumber, and relishes meaty foods such as krill. According to some reports, in nature it feeds on insect larvae. Fry require more protein in the form of baby brine shrimp, etc.
Furniture	Caves and crevices formed by driftwood.
Compatibility	Gets on with small lively catfish but avoid too many other larger bottom dwellers (unless space permits) due to the territorial disputes. More active when kept in a group.
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	Documented in the DATZ special issue ''Loricariids 2'' , September 2001.
Further Information
References	Aquar. Terrar. Z.v. 42 (no. 9) - pp546 - Figs. 11, 16-17
Registered Keepers	(1) Stubob, (2) Cory-Diddi, (3) Kristofer, (4) fish fodder, (5) Daniel Machado, (6) Trident2004, (7) Kimmy73b, (8) tamks, (9) Tuti, (10) Devangel, (11) taksan (k: 3), who also notes: "Lovely...eat anything. Have grown large (15cm+)", (12) TheDragonLord, (13) crazyplec, (14) nettaigyo, (15) Daragh, (16) gixir, (17) alga (k: 6), (18) Vierrollenfreak (k: 6), (19) layzmob, (20) simonas, (21) unkaface, (22) LUISGOREY, (23) CoryLoachFreak, (24) RayGnz, (25) sillypony, who also notes: "She does the most adorable, jerky jig before she digs in the sand....", (26) Haavard Stoere (k: 8), (27) nuth88 (k: 2), (28) SoCalDiscus, (29) worldwide73, (30) aaalrust, (31) speedy231278, (32) djwalker124, who also notes: "Not a fussy eater. Primarily herbivorous, but appreciates some meat in its diet. Will eat sinking pellets and vegetables such as cucumber, and relishes meaty foods such as krill. According to some reports, in nature it feeds on insect larvae. Fry req", (33) Hobby, (34) Kingmickyb (p: 3), who also notes: "met an untimely end, found dead for no apparent reason. Seemed happy enough, eating and not fighting or anything. Strange.", (35) cich_cat, (36) Brynnhilde, (37) GW_NL, (38) RickE (k: 2), (39) Seaokoy, (40) stang1, (41) DaveW (k: 5), (42) Bjørn, (43) cakky, (44) 2wheelsx2, who also notes: "June 16, 2010. Bloated female died from what appears to be egg bloat. My one remaining fish died last night from what appears to be a minor case of bloat. It appears that this species is very diet senstive, even more so than my panaque. I'll have to re-evaluate their suitability in my tank in the future. For reference, my 2 Leporacanthicus triactis are doing fantastic in the same tank.", (45) Gerard Pennards (k: 2), (46) elmar (k: 2), (47) upc239, (48) fishermandan, (49) ichtyophile, (50) Luis.Ventura, (51) PseudaSmart (k: 6), (52) oli (k: 2), (53) andrewcoxon, (54) musilvr4eva, (55) gr8plecos, (56) smitty (k: 3), (57) bulldogsimon, (58) tony57, (59) Donald (k: 5), (60) Acanthicus, (61) plecomanpat, (62) jakeowen, (63) norfolkgarden, (64) hankinswood (k: 2), (65) Taz, (66) Decker504 (k: 3), (67) JFishNerd, (68) Elwood (k: 2), (69) Dan101, (70) Tchitchou44, (71) cdc069, (72) Hapahound1971, (73) FFTRIP, (74) fahaka (k: 5), who also notes: "Seam ok with eachother so far. Eat brine shrimp pellets,flake, and catfish chips well. Some zuchinni but not as well as i had hoped. I read they eat snails and the snails have multiplied in the tank. Definitely nocturnal.", (75) tiffanyjayne, (76) pixie (k: 4), (77) snike, (78) Sanplec, (79) Zebra46 (k: 3), (80) gforcefx, (81) nessaja, (82) oneoddfish, (83) shooter50014 (k: 10), (84) yogi88, (85) Birger Amundsen, (86) johnarmstrong, (87) victoriaz24 (p: 3), (88) ogm, (89) Apostolis, (90) The7up, (91) judeblackburn, (92) m1ke715m, (93) pleco123 (k: 6), (94) tagamasid1023, who also notes: "Always in his cave during daytime.", (95) Wijnbelevenis, (96) sem87, (97) TB1987, who also notes: "Extremely shy fish. Vegetables largely ignored, loves bloodworm and shellfish.". 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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Last Update	2011 Sep 18 03:00 (species record created: 2001 Apr 25 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Leporacanthicus joselimai Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989

Common Name(s)

L264, Sultan Pleco

Type Locality

Rio Tapajós, perta de Itaituba, Maloquinha, Est. Pará, Brazil.

Pronunciation

lepor ah KAN thi cuss - joe see LIM eye

Etymology

Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit + Greek, akantha = thorn. Named to honour Professor José Lima de Figueiredo of University of Sao Paolo.

Species Information

Size

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

Identification

Grey with black spots. Juveniles (< 9-10 cm) have white tips on their fins, which fades to yellow as the animals mature.

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

Brazil: Tapajós
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós (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

25.0-27.0°C or 77-80.6°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

Sensitive to nitrites and nitrates above 50 mg/l. Prefers neutral or acid pH, but can tolerate mildly hard water.

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Not a fussy eater. Primarily herbivorous, but appreciates some meat in its diet. Will eat sinking pellets and vegetables such as cucumber, and relishes meaty foods such as krill. According to some reports, in nature it feeds on insect larvae. Fry require more protein in the form of baby brine shrimp, etc.

Furniture

Caves and crevices formed by driftwood.

Compatibility

Gets on with small lively catfish but avoid too many other larger bottom dwellers (unless space permits) due to the territorial disputes. More active when kept in a group.

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

Documented in the DATZ special issue ''Loricariids 2'' , September 2001.

Further Information

References

Aquar. Terrar. Z.v. 42 (no. 9) - pp546 - Figs. 11, 16-17

Registered Keepers

(1) Stubob, (2) Cory-Diddi, (3) Kristofer, (4) fish fodder, (5) Daniel Machado, (6) Trident2004, (7) Kimmy73b, (8) tamks, (9) Tuti, (10) Devangel, (11) taksan (k: 3), who also notes: "Lovely...eat anything. Have grown large (15cm+)", (12) TheDragonLord, (13) crazyplec, (14) nettaigyo, (15) Daragh, (16) gixir, (17) alga (k: 6), (18) Vierrollenfreak (k: 6), (19) layzmob, (20) simonas, (21) unkaface, (22) LUISGOREY, (23) CoryLoachFreak, (24) RayGnz, (25) sillypony, who also notes: "She does the most adorable, jerky jig before she digs in the sand....", (26) Haavard Stoere (k: 8), (27) nuth88 (k: 2), (28) SoCalDiscus, (29) worldwide73, (30) aaalrust, (31) speedy231278, (32) djwalker124, who also notes: "Not a fussy eater. Primarily herbivorous, but appreciates some meat in its diet. Will eat sinking pellets and vegetables such as cucumber, and relishes meaty foods such as krill. According to some reports, in nature it feeds on insect larvae. Fry req", (33) Hobby, (34) Kingmickyb (p: 3), who also notes: "met an untimely end, found dead for no apparent reason. Seemed happy enough, eating and not fighting or anything. Strange.", (35) cich_cat, (36) Brynnhilde, (37) GW_NL, (38) RickE (k: 2), (39) Seaokoy, (40) stang1, (41) DaveW (k: 5), (42) Bjørn, (43) cakky, (44) 2wheelsx2, who also notes: "June 16, 2010. Bloated female died from what appears to be egg bloat. My one remaining fish died last night from what appears to be a minor case of bloat. It appears that this species is very diet senstive, even more so than my panaque. I'll have to re-evaluate their suitability in my tank in the future. For reference, my 2 Leporacanthicus triactis are doing fantastic in the same tank.", (45) Gerard Pennards (k: 2), (46) elmar (k: 2), (47) upc239, (48) fishermandan, (49) ichtyophile, (50) Luis.Ventura, (51) PseudaSmart (k: 6), (52) oli (k: 2), (53) andrewcoxon, (54) musilvr4eva, (55) gr8plecos, (56) smitty (k: 3), (57) bulldogsimon, (58) tony57, (59) Donald (k: 5), (60) Acanthicus, (61) plecomanpat, (62) jakeowen, (63) norfolkgarden, (64) hankinswood (k: 2), (65) Taz, (66) Decker504 (k: 3), (67) JFishNerd, (68) Elwood (k: 2), (69) Dan101, (70) Tchitchou44, (71) cdc069, (72) Hapahound1971, (73) FFTRIP, (74) fahaka (k: 5), who also notes: "Seam ok with eachother so far. Eat brine shrimp pellets,flake, and catfish chips well. Some zuchinni but not as well as i had hoped. I read they eat snails and the snails have multiplied in the tank. Definitely nocturnal.", (75) tiffanyjayne, (76) pixie (k: 4), (77) snike, (78) Sanplec, (79) Zebra46 (k: 3), (80) gforcefx, (81) nessaja, (82) oneoddfish, (83) shooter50014 (k: 10), (84) yogi88, (85) Birger Amundsen, (86) johnarmstrong, (87) victoriaz24 (p: 3), (88) ogm, (89) Apostolis, (90) The7up, (91) judeblackburn, (92) m1ke715m, (93) pleco123 (k: 6), (94) tagamasid1023, who also notes: "Always in his cave during daytime.", (95) Wijnbelevenis, (96) sem87, (97) TB1987, who also notes: "Extremely shy fish. Vegetables largely ignored, loves bloodworm and shellfish.".

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.