Pseudolithoxus dumus • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Pseudolithoxus dumus** (Armbruster & Provenzano, 2000)
Common Name(s)	L244
Type Locality	Río Orinoco, backwater behind sand playa ca. 0.5 hr upstream from Isla Temblador, 3°04'N, 66°28'W, Estado Amazonas, Venezuela.
Etymology	Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, lithos = stone + Greek, oxys = sharp.
Species Information
Size	101mm (4") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Body color light with large, black spots at least anteriorly; spots may combine posteriorly to form bars. Tips of dorsal and caudal spines with light orange to cream-colored spots. Lateral line plates 24-25; dorsal plates 6-9; interdorsal plates 6-7; adipose-caudal plates 6-7; folded dorsal fin plates 11-14; and postanal plates 11-13
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Orinoco Basin, upper and Casiquiare River basins Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Upper Negro, Casiquiare (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
Breeding	The first species in the genus to be bred in captivity (2011). Is a square pipe spawner, preferring open ended narrow spaces to a closed-end cave. Male guards egg clutch, free swimming fry are straightforward to feed on prepared foods as soon as their yolk sac is completely consumed.
Further Information
References	Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters v. 11 (no. 3) 246 Fig. 3
Registered Keepers	(1) Tuti, (2) Dave Rinaldo, (3) Yann (k: 3), (4) lizimal, who also notes: "Dec 08, one fish vanished without a trace.", (5) L-ko (k: 6), (6) Lightbringer (k: 2), (7) Martin S (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "Feeds on cucumber and courgette. Also feeds on bloodworm pellets and tablet food.", "More active with two specimens. They are often both out, or at least visible. They do not seem overly tolerant of each other. There is a variation in colour too.", (8) prairiefire (k: 14), (9) Torb (k: 2), (10) alsvidur, (11) plecomanpat, (12) smitty (k: 3), who also notes: "Very nice and active pleco. Picked up a 3rd one on 8/22/11 from Captain Nemo's", (13) jimoo (k: 3), (14) a-401, (15) mdwflyer, (16) PlecosAndLoaches. 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.
Articles	- CotM 2013 January
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Last Update	2013 Jan 07 22:31 (species record created: 2002 Oct 15 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Pseudolithoxus dumus (Armbruster & Provenzano, 2000)

Río Orinoco, backwater behind sand playa ca. 0.5 hr upstream from Isla Temblador, 3°04'N, 66°28'W, Estado Amazonas, Venezuela.

Etymology

Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, lithos = stone + Greek, oxys = sharp.

Species Information

Size

101mm (4") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Body color light with large, black spots at least anteriorly; spots may combine posteriorly to form bars. Tips of dorsal and caudal spines with light orange to cream-colored spots. Lateral line plates 24-25; dorsal plates 6-9; interdorsal plates 6-7; adipose-caudal plates 6-7; folded dorsal fin plates 11-14; and postanal plates 11-13

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Orinoco Basin, upper and Casiquiare River basins
Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Upper Negro, Casiquiare (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

Breeding

The first species in the genus to be bred in captivity (2011). Is a square pipe spawner, preferring open ended narrow spaces to a closed-end cave. Male guards egg clutch, free swimming fry are straightforward to feed on prepared foods as soon as their yolk sac is completely consumed.

Further Information

References

Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters v. 11 (no. 3) 246 Fig. 3

Registered Keepers

(1) Tuti, (2) Dave Rinaldo, (3) Yann (k: 3), (4) lizimal, who also notes: "Dec 08, one fish vanished without a trace.", (5) L-ko (k: 6), (6) Lightbringer (k: 2), (7) Martin S (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "Feeds on cucumber and courgette. Also feeds on bloodworm pellets and tablet food.", "More active with two specimens. They are often both out, or at least visible. They do not seem overly tolerant of each other. There is a variation in colour too.", (8) prairiefire (k: 14), (9) Torb (k: 2), (10) alsvidur, (11) plecomanpat, (12) smitty (k: 3), who also notes: "Very nice and active pleco. Picked up a 3rd one on 8/22/11 from Captain Nemo's", (13) jimoo (k: 3), (14) a-401, (15) mdwflyer, (16) PlecosAndLoaches.

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.

Articles