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Ventral view of mouth
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Male with eggs
Newly hatched fry
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Close-up of pectoral fin

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Pseudohemiodon almendarizi** Provenzano, Argüello & Barriga Salazar, 2022
Common Names	Tiger Sand Pleco Pseudohemiodon Sp`peru_i`, Pseudohemiodon Sp`peru_ii`, Pseudohemiodon Sp`tiger`, Tigersandmalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Aguarico River near Puerto Loja, Napo River system, Orellana Province, Ecuador, approximately 00°52'57"N, 75°13'30"W [coordinates probably not entirely correct].
Pronunciation	seu doh hem ee oh don
Etymology	Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, hemi = half + Greek, odous = teeth
Habitat Information
Distribution	Amazon, Upper Amazon, Napo, Upper Napo, Aguarico (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Adapts well to dried food over live or frozen mosquito larvae and cyclops. User data.
Furniture	Sand on the bottom so the fishes are able to dig themselves into the substrate. When feeding they filter through the substrate and so the size off the substrate should be very fine.
Suggested Tankmates	Peaceful fishes such as smaller Characins.
Breeding	One of the fishes, probably the male, carries the eggs on the lip barbels and under the stomach. The color of the eggs are grey and they turn progressively darker after 4-5 days. After a week the fry hatch. They are rather big, about 4 mm and will eat artemia eggs and granulated dried food from the start. About 20-25 eggs are laid. Breeding was accomplished in hard tap water 20 dh. and pH 7.5. .
Breeding Reports	There are 2 breeding reports, read them all here.
Further Information
Reference	Zootaxa 5129 (no. 1), pp 79, Figs. 1-3a.
Registered Keepers	There are 14 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data.
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Last Update	2023 Nov 08 09:15 (species record created: 2012 Mar 17 08:03)