Baryancistrus beggini • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Baryancistrus beggini** Lujan, Arce & Armbruster, 2009
Common Name(s)	L239, Blue Panaque
Type Locality	Río Ventuari, 4°04'32''N, 66°53'34''W, Río Orinoco drainage, Amazonas, Venezuela.
Pronunciation	bah ree ann siss truss
Etymology	Greek, barys = heavy + Greek, agkistron = hook - Essentially "Heavy Ancistrus". Patronym honoring Chris Beggin for his financial support of this research.
Species Information
Size	81mm (3.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	The pictures here show the range of colour this fish can exhibit. Typically it is dull charcoal black with a tinge of blue. The fish appears to belong to an undescribed genus characterised by the fused dorsal and adipose fins.
Sexing	Male has gill-plate and pectoral fin odontodes. Female has wider body between pectoral and ventral fins.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Río Ventuari and the Río Orinoco at their confluence, and lower portions of the Río Guaviare in Colombia. Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco, Upper Orinoco, Ventuari (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco, Upper Orinoco, Guaviare (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
pH	5.5 - 7.5
Temperature	23.0-29.0°C or 73.4-84.2°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Herbivore wafers, rarely carnivore wafers and frozen food.
Breeding	One spawning is reported as follows: The male guards the brood in a cave. Male was greater than 100 mm in size. Female was about 90 mm in size. The clutch had about 12 eggs. Survival of eggs/fry was poor, only 4 fry survived. The spawn occurred in the following water parameters: Temperature 28°C, pH: 6.0 - 7.0 NO3: < 10 mg/l KH: <2 °dH, GH: <3 °dH Conductivity: 210 - 240 µS/cm
Further Information
References	Copeia 2009, No. 1, 50–56 Not in Aqualog as L239, but Aqualog shows this fish labelled as L232.
Registered Keepers	(1) synoguy, (2) ivokilli, (3) alga (k: 8), (4) philtre, (5) stinger, (6) Allie72, (7) ani-mal-lvr (k: 4), (8) Brotox (p: 4), (9) Daragh, (10) Deb (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "Eats BBA from wood. Cleared trails are unmistakeable. Beautiful fish. Ultimately, I did not have a good set-up for it.", "Kept two of these at different times. First one had laid back personality in 20G, second one was aggressive and lively in 75G. No. 2 had only one eye.", (11) Dave Rinaldo, (12) Freakdaddy, (13) yogi69 (k: 3), (14) Vierrollenfreak (k: 10), (15) mikelouth, (16) Walter, (17) lizimal (k: 2), who also notes: "Moved to 33 L 12/14/08 Rex II - August 08 New 239 "Julia" - 03/14/08 $45 at Aquatek name: Rex cost: $60 USD 12/15/07 (Passed on july 08)", (18) Lightbringer (k: 2), (19) zhallam, (20) doodle, (21) ChristosB (k: 2), (22) tHEcONCH (k: 2), (23) NHL (k: 9), (24) firenzenz (k: 3), (25) Koen (k: 3), (26) Plecofanatic1989, (27) Kostas, (28) L-ko (k: 15), who also notes: "http://www.welsfans.de/?gattungen/baryancistrus/l239.php", (29) miniko (p: 2), (30) aledk85, (31) jopbgon (k: 2), (32) krazyGeoff (k: 7), (33) Wraith, who also notes: "Seems very aggressive towards other plec's. Has killed one Male BN and severely injured Female BN. Update: Due to aggression and wanting to expand my collection he was returned to the LFS.", (34) abaigael04 (p: 2, k: 2), (35) stang1, (36) Suckermouth (k: 3), (37) vman (k: 2), (38) Haavard Stoere (k: 3), (39) WIGSTER, (40) royaldragoness, (41) nowhereman, (42) Altifrons, (43) straitjacketstar (k: 2), (44) Janne Josefsson, (45) EmilyA, (46) poel_19, (47) Greg Curtis, (48) jippo, (49) Renegadecat, (50) justin_cu, (51) bigbadbraun (k: 3), (52) d3n2, (53) janne dahle (k: 7), (54) Kyleonfire, (55) sunfish, (56) lethalcustoms00 (p: 2), (57) keen-eyed (k: 6), (58) Hikarixz (k: 2), who also notes: "Both died during a long blackout, they were more sensitive to the sudden change in temperature than the zebra plecos in the same tank. Only the two blue panaques died that day.", (59) 2wheelsx2 (k: 3), who also notes: "April 7, 2010. The second batch of 9 had 2 with ich. Treating with elevated temps (30C) and Quick Cure. June 13, 2010. Added 4 more to replace the ones which died, but one didn't eat and died on June 18. Nov. 23, 2010. One died with no apparent symptoms. Maybe related to a stringy poop visible from L330 (worms). June 28, 2011. Lost one to ich.", (60) tsunderl, (61) Neri2495, (62) oli (k: 2), (63) ChanggyChinggy, (64) smitty, (65) gr8plecos, (66) PlecoCrazy (k: 2), (67) NC24, (68) Donald (k: 7), (69) monkiecat (k: 4), (70) Acanthicus, (71) plecomanpat, (72) cbudz, (73) Bubbles2112, (74) pink_fish, (75) Zulan, (76) cdc069, (77) Carter77, (78) Yakov_krepak, (79) gforcefx, (80) Apostolis, (81) archaquatics, (82) nessaja, (83) giraffee (k: 3), (84) mdwflyer (k: 2), (85) lasteeves (k: 2), (86) eyal8a, (87) RoyCarballo, (88) Syno Rey (k: 2), (89) aalund (k: 5), (90) Cristoffer Forssander, (91) adcc, (92) alleykat (k: 2), (93) Catfishfingers, (94) roycarballo, (95) johho (k: 2), (96) cjerrom, (97) robin1, (98) richard501. 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	(1) krazyGeoff (b: 60).
Articles	- Shane's World Reproduction Breeding Baryancistrus beggini, the Blue Fin Panaque or L239
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Baryancistrus beggini Lujan, Arce & Armbruster, 2009

Common Name(s)

L239, Blue Panaque

Type Locality

Río Ventuari, 4°04'32''N, 66°53'34''W, Río Orinoco drainage, Amazonas, Venezuela.

Pronunciation

bah ree ann siss truss

Etymology

Greek, barys = heavy + Greek, agkistron = hook - Essentially "Heavy Ancistrus". Patronym honoring Chris Beggin for his financial support of this research.

Species Information

Size

81mm (3.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

The pictures here show the range of colour this fish can exhibit. Typically it is dull charcoal black with a tinge of blue. The fish appears to belong to an undescribed genus characterised by the fused dorsal and adipose fins.

Sexing

Male has gill-plate and pectoral fin odontodes. Female has wider body between pectoral and ventral fins.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Río Ventuari and the Río Orinoco at their confluence, and lower portions of the Río Guaviare in Colombia.
Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Orinoco, Upper Orinoco, Ventuari (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Orinoco, Upper Orinoco, Guaviare (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

5.5 - 7.5

Temperature

23.0-29.0°C or 73.4-84.2°F (Show others within this range)

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Herbivore wafers, rarely carnivore wafers and frozen food.

Breeding

One spawning is reported as follows:
The male guards the brood in a cave. Male was greater than 100 mm in size. Female was about 90 mm in size. The clutch had about 12 eggs. Survival of eggs/fry was poor, only 4 fry survived.
The spawn occurred in the following water parameters:
Temperature 28°C, pH: 6.0 - 7.0
NO3: < 10 mg/l
KH: <2 °dH, GH: <3 °dH
Conductivity: 210 - 240 µS/cm

Further Information

References

Copeia 2009, No. 1, 50–56
Not in Aqualog as L239, but Aqualog shows this fish labelled as L232.

Registered Keepers

(1) synoguy, (2) ivokilli, (3) alga (k: 8), (4) philtre, (5) stinger, (6) Allie72, (7) ani-mal-lvr (k: 4), (8) Brotox (p: 4), (9) Daragh, (10) Deb (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "Eats BBA from wood. Cleared trails are unmistakeable. Beautiful fish. Ultimately, I did not have a good set-up for it.", "Kept two of these at different times. First one had laid back personality in 20G, second one was aggressive and lively in 75G. No. 2 had only one eye.", (11) Dave Rinaldo, (12) Freakdaddy, (13) yogi69 (k: 3), (14) Vierrollenfreak (k: 10), (15) mikelouth, (16) Walter, (17) lizimal (k: 2), who also notes: "Moved to 33 L 12/14/08 Rex II - August 08 New 239 "Julia" - 03/14/08 $45 at Aquatek name: Rex cost: $60 USD 12/15/07 (Passed on july 08)", (18) Lightbringer (k: 2), (19) zhallam, (20) doodle, (21) ChristosB (k: 2), (22) tHEcONCH (k: 2), (23) NHL (k: 9), (24) firenzenz (k: 3), (25) Koen (k: 3), (26) Plecofanatic1989, (27) Kostas, (28) L-ko (k: 15), who also notes: "http://www.welsfans.de/?gattungen/baryancistrus/l239.php", (29) miniko (p: 2), (30) aledk85, (31) jopbgon (k: 2), (32) krazyGeoff (k: 7), (33) Wraith, who also notes: "Seems very aggressive towards other plec's. Has killed one Male BN and severely injured Female BN. Update: Due to aggression and wanting to expand my collection he was returned to the LFS.", (34) abaigael04 (p: 2, k: 2), (35) stang1, (36) Suckermouth (k: 3), (37) vman (k: 2), (38) Haavard Stoere (k: 3), (39) WIGSTER, (40) royaldragoness, (41) nowhereman, (42) Altifrons, (43) straitjacketstar (k: 2), (44) Janne Josefsson, (45) EmilyA, (46) poel_19, (47) Greg Curtis, (48) jippo, (49) Renegadecat, (50) justin_cu, (51) bigbadbraun (k: 3), (52) d3n2, (53) janne dahle (k: 7), (54) Kyleonfire, (55) sunfish, (56) lethalcustoms00 (p: 2), (57) keen-eyed (k: 6), (58) Hikarixz (k: 2), who also notes: "Both died during a long blackout, they were more sensitive to the sudden change in temperature than the zebra plecos in the same tank. Only the two blue panaques died that day.", (59) 2wheelsx2 (k: 3), who also notes: "April 7, 2010. The second batch of 9 had 2 with ich. Treating with elevated temps (30C) and Quick Cure. June 13, 2010. Added 4 more to replace the ones which died, but one didn't eat and died on June 18. Nov. 23, 2010. One died with no apparent symptoms. Maybe related to a stringy poop visible from L330 (worms). June 28, 2011. Lost one to ich.", (60) tsunderl, (61) Neri2495, (62) oli (k: 2), (63) ChanggyChinggy, (64) smitty, (65) gr8plecos, (66) PlecoCrazy (k: 2), (67) NC24, (68) Donald (k: 7), (69) monkiecat (k: 4), (70) Acanthicus, (71) plecomanpat, (72) cbudz, (73) Bubbles2112, (74) pink_fish, (75) Zulan, (76) cdc069, (77) Carter77, (78) Yakov_krepak, (79) gforcefx, (80) Apostolis, (81) archaquatics, (82) nessaja, (83) giraffee (k: 3), (84) mdwflyer (k: 2), (85) lasteeves (k: 2), (86) eyal8a, (87) RoyCarballo, (88) Syno Rey (k: 2), (89) aalund (k: 5), (90) Cristoffer Forssander, (91) adcc, (92) alleykat (k: 2), (93) Catfishfingers, (94) roycarballo, (95) johho (k: 2), (96) cjerrom, (97) robin1, (98) richard501.

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Breeding Reports

(1) krazyGeoff (b: 60).

Articles