Pseudohemiodon - unknown species?

[frugile]

Hi,
In late December I bought two Pseudohemiodon sp. (in the store was described as P. laticeps - I think erroneously). Fortunately, it turned out that I have a pair. The female was full of eggs. Every few days I changed the water and I managed to provoke spawn. Spawn succeeded ​​last Wednesday. The male keeps it bravely. I have two questions:
- Does anyone know what kind of species is it? According to me, a new species. Fish measure about 10-12cm.
- Does the male get food during egg incubation? I feed it small amounts of frozen (mainly artemia). I have not seen foraging.
Area of origin unknown.

greetings
Arek

[Jools]

Congratualtions on the spawn.

I don't think ID is possible from those pictures but if you don't know where they are from, then you need to go through all species and describe why they are not that one. It would seem most likely they are one of the Peruvian species.

In my experience, males do not eat when sitting on eggs and offering food disturbs their vigil.

Jools

[frugile]

Previously I looked through all the options on the Planet and other internet pages. Although I am new to the forum, aquarist I've been for a very long time and I know a bit about plecos. Also for me the fish seems to be the most similar to PERU I. I'll try to do better pictures. Maybe it will help someone.
Hue of the fish is definitely a grayish (not brownish). After shading the aquarium male has become much lighter (similar to a female).
As I've already read somewhere on the forum, female was the initiator of the spawning.

[Jools]

Hi Arek,

Yes, I think more pics would help especially some showing the arrangement of platelets underneath the fishes upper body. Obviously not a good idea when they are breeding.

Well done on the spawn.

Cheers

Jools

[jeremybasch]

I agree with Jools. These look like the species I had from Peru. Congrats on the spawning!

[frugile]

Today I took some pictures of the fish from the bottom.

The first brood died. The second clutch is nine days old. Fishes grown from 15 to 21 mm.

The first S-like pelvic fins spine can be of taxonomic feature? (in adults, of course).