/siluriformes/loricariidae/acestridium/discus/1.jpg "Acestridium discus")
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| Scientific Name | Acestridium discus Haseman, 1911 |
| Common Name | Whiptail Catfish |
| Type Locality | Igarapé de Cachoeira Grande, near Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 67mm or 2.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Acestridium was diagnosed by Schaefer (1991) based on the following characters: ten principal caudal-fin rays; plates at anterior snout margin forming conspicuous spatulate projection; head and body very slender, depressed; dorsal surface of head and trunk with longitudinal ridges; dorsal fin placed posteriorly, well beyond pelvic fin and just anterior to anal-fin origin; adipose fin absent; dermal plates anterior to first dorsal-fin proximal radial expanded, bearing ventromedial keel contacting the dorsal margin of the neural arches of the vertebrae six through twelve; and ridge of bone on the ventral surface of the lateral ethmoid contacting the metapterygoid channel reflected mesially. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Lower Negro River basin. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Lower Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| Temperature | 26.0-30.0°C or 78.8-86°F (Show species within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | These fish graze on algae and aufwuchs and will accept Artemia nauplia as an alternative. Despite this over several months they will often become progressively thinner which is indicative of a deficient diet. |
| Furniture | In nature, this fish inhabits grassy, cool, shady, swampy creeks (according to Haseman, 1911). |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 7 (nos 3-4) (17), pp 319, Pls. 50 (fig. 1), 51. |
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| Last Update | 2019 Sep 22 08:03 (species record created: 2006 Aug 21 02:09) |
