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Scientific Name Aspidoras poecilus    Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976
Common Names C158, Point Catfish
Punktpansermalle (Denmark)
Type Locality Creek upstream of village Porori, left bank of upper Rio Xingú, Mato Grosso State, Brazil.
Synonym(s) Aspidoras marianae, Aspidoras microgalaeus
Pronunciation ass pee DOOR ass
Etymology Aspidoras: From the Greek aspis, meaning shield and doras, meaning skin; in reference to the bony plates. This specific epithet refers to the specimen's spotted (poikilos=spotted or varicoloured) appearance.
Down Species Information
Size 35mm or 1.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Sexing Females grow larger and are more full-bodied, this is best observed from above the fish. Males will typically have more pointed as opposed to more rounded fin tips as they mature.
Down Habitat Information
Distribution South America: Upper Xingu, Araguaia, and Tocantins River basins in Brazil.
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu, Iriri, Curuá (Iriri) (click on these areas to find other species found there)
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)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu, Upper Xingu (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Piauí Rivers, Parnaíba (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu, Upper Xingu, Culuene (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
Down Husbandry Information
Feeding Will readily accepted all prepared foods that reach the bottom of the aquarium such as tablets, granules and larger flakes. Live (or frozen) foods such as bloodworm, white worm, grindal worm (Enchytraeus), Daphnia and Tubifex are readily accepted and good for conditioning groups of fishes for spawning. User data.
Furniture Ideally substrate should be sand, but rounded gravel is an imperfect alternative. Avoid keeping over rough edged (chipped) gravel, this will increase this risk of damage the fishes barbels when it tries to dig. Substrate should be bordered with driftwood and aquatic plants leaving an open area for them to search for food and swim. The shade provided by overhanging rock work, arching bogwood, tall or floating plants are all that is required to settle these fishes.
Compatibility A peaceful, shoaling, community fish.
Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There are 2 breeding reports, read them all here.
Down Further Information
Reference Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde v. 46 (no. 1), pp 121, Fig. 13.
Registered Keepers There are 11 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data.
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Last Update 2025 Jan 02 01:41 (species record created: 2006 Jul 20 00:00)