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Donald Taphorn (4)

First listed as L304 in the German DATZ magazine of February 2002. Typical Ancistrus shape with both sexes sporting bristles to the head area with the male having the larger and more impressive tentacles. Aquarium Care: Quite an easy species to keep as long as there is adequate aeration in the aquarium and giving them a choice of pipes, stones or rockwork. Reproduction: The female lays her eggs in caves or crevices... that the male has chosen and cleaned.... as a cluster. The male usually then guards the eggs after ejecting the female. The fry then cling to the sides of the cave and when they use up their yolk sac, which is around the four to seven day period, they will be ready to feed on infusuria, vegetable matter, brine shrimp naupli or micro worms. In a community tank a few will survive if enough hiding places are afforded to them. Diet: Vegetable foods such as cucumber and courgette and also tablet and meaty foods. Etymology: The specific name nudiceps: Meaning black belly.

L304

Hypostomus nudiceps

Loricariidae

South America: Takutu River basin in upper Branco River drainage, Guyana. Type locality: dem Takutu, Britisch Guiana.

14.0cm. (5½ins)

24-28°c (75-83°f.)

6.0-7.5.

Fisch-Muller, S., 2003. Loricariidae-Ancistrinae (Armored catfishes). p. 373-400. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2018. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 06/2018 ).
Seidel, I. 2008. Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes, Ettlingen, Germany 208 p.