Ancistrus aguaboensis • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Ancistrus aguaboensis** Fisch-Muller, Mazzoni & Weber, 2001
Common Name(s)	L032, Bristlenose Catfish
Type Locality	Córrego Agua Boa, trib. of R. Bonito, a left bank trib. of the upper R. Tocantins, 10 km from Minaçú-Campinaçu, 13°35'S, 48°14'W, Minaçú, Goiás, Brazil.
Pronunciation	an SISS truss
Etymology	The name Ancistrus is derived from the Greek word agkistron, meaning hook, in reference to the interopercular odontodes that are hooked. Named for córrego Água Boa in the Upper Tocatins River Basin, Brazil where this species was found.
Species Information
Size	100mm (3.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Mature males and sometimes females have soft tentacles (bushy fleshy growths) on the snout - this is unique to the genus Ancistrus. To date this species is known solely from the photograph taken by Rainer Stawikowski, which evidently shows a female. It was collected from the lower Rio Araguaia, Pará State and Rio Tocantins. The striking feature of the species is the transparent fin membranes of both the dorsal and caudal fins. Pigment is only shown in the fin rays, which are black with white points.
Sexing	Males have large obvious head tentacles, in females they are either very small or non-existent.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Brazil: Rio Tocantins Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Lower Tocantins, Araguaia (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	23.0-27.0°C or 73.4-80.6°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Ancistrus should be fed mainly on vegetarian foods. Prepared foods include algae wafers and spirulina based sinking food. Vegetables such as courgette/zucchini, and (English) cucumber are an excellent addition to the diet, along with the odd, small amount of more meaty foods.
Compatibility	A good complement to most aquariums, they are not aggressive to other species. Males may fight over territory if kept in too small a tank.
Suggested Tankmates	Appropriate with most community fish that aren't overly big or aggressive.
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters v. 12 (no. 4) 293 Figs. 3-4 Aqualog shows a a hard to identify out-of-water Ancistrus sp. which does not look like L032 because it is not black with white spots. Aqualog also shows L032a which is the African suckermouth Euchilichthys guentheri and not a species of Ancistrus (or even Loricariid) at all. A classic!
Registered Keepers	(1) a-401, (2) Cristoffer Forssander (k: 5), (3) djtonyel (k: 2), (4) monkiecat (k: 3). 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) djtonyel (b: 25).
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Ancistrus aguaboensis Fisch-Muller, Mazzoni & Weber, 2001

L032, Bristlenose Catfish

Córrego Agua Boa, trib. of R. Bonito, a left bank trib. of the upper R. Tocantins, 10 km from Minaçú-Campinaçu, 13°35'S, 48°14'W, Minaçú, Goiás, Brazil.

Pronunciation

an SISS truss

Etymology

The name Ancistrus is derived from the Greek word agkistron, meaning hook, in reference to the interopercular odontodes that are hooked. Named for córrego Água Boa in the Upper Tocatins River Basin, Brazil where this species was found.

Species Information

Size

100mm (3.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Mature males and sometimes females have soft tentacles (bushy fleshy growths) on the snout - this is unique to the genus Ancistrus.

To date this species is known solely from the photograph taken by Rainer Stawikowski, which evidently shows a female. It was collected from the lower Rio Araguaia, Pará State and Rio Tocantins. The striking feature of the species is the transparent fin membranes of both the dorsal and caudal fins. Pigment is only shown in the fin rays, which are black with white points.

Sexing

Males have large obvious head tentacles, in females they are either very small or non-existent.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Brazil: Rio Tocantins
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Lower Tocantins, Araguaia (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

Temperature

23.0-27.0°C or 73.4-80.6°F (Show others within this range)

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Ancistrus should be fed mainly on vegetarian foods. Prepared foods include algae wafers and spirulina based sinking food. Vegetables such as courgette/zucchini, and (English) cucumber are an excellent addition to the diet, along with the odd, small amount of more meaty foods.

Compatibility

A good complement to most aquariums, they are not aggressive to other species. Males may fight over territory if kept in too small a tank.

Suggested Tankmates

Appropriate with most community fish that aren't overly big or aggressive.

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters v. 12 (no. 4) 293 Figs. 3-4
Aqualog shows a a hard to identify out-of-water Ancistrus sp. which does not look like L032 because it is not black with white spots. Aqualog also shows L032a which is the African suckermouth Euchilichthys guentheri and not a species of Ancistrus (or even Loricariid) at all. A classic!

Registered Keepers

(1) a-401, (2) Cristoffer Forssander (k: 5), (3) djtonyel (k: 2), (4) monkiecat (k: 3).

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) djtonyel (b: 25).