Pseudohemiodon sp. `PERU I` • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	Pseudohemiodon sp. `PERU I`
Common Name
Pronunciation	seu doh hem ee oh don
Etymology	Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, hemi = half + Greek, odous = teeth
Species Information
Size	140mm or 5.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Peru
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Adapts well to dried food over live or frozen mosquito larvae and cyclops.
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 is no breeding report.
Further Information
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Last Update	2008 Sep 14 06:24 (species record created: 2002 Aug 15 00:00)