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This species is nearly identical to L401 and some may say that it is the one and the same species with L450 having a paler body colour. It is said that it comes from near Santarém, Brazil, near the mouth of the Tapajós river which is just across the river from the location for L401 in the river Curuá, so this may be a misdemeanor. Sexual Differences: Males posses a broader and longer head and odontodes on the posterior part of the body, behind the gill covers and on the pectoral fin spines. The latter two are a lot shorter in the females. Aquarium Care: No problem with keeping in groups but only one Hypancistrus species to a tank as there has been reports of hybridisation. Diet: Like all Hypancistrus sp. they prefer a meaty diet. Feed frozen foods such as bloodworm and beef heart, live foods such as brine shrimp, white and grindal worms and prepared foods such as sinking tablets and presoaked flake food. When young they seen to prefer a liking for vegetable foods.

L450

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Loricariidae

Brazil: Unknown, but rumored to come from the area near Santarém, Brazil.

14.0cm. (5½ins)

26-30°c (79-87°f.)

5.5-7.0.

All L-Numbers Datz Special: Habitat, Care & Diet.
Seidel, I. 2008. Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes, Ettlingen, Germany 208 p.
www.loricariidae.info