Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!halo From: halo@cognos.uucp (Hal O'Connell) Newsgroups: alt.aquaria Subject: Re: Ancistrus (Was: Re: Algae) Message-ID: <2975@cognos.UUCP> Date: 10 May 88 15:44:56 GMT Article-I.D.: cognos.2975 Posted: Tue May 10 11:44:56 1988 References: <28006@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> <5284@ihlpg.ATT.COM> <28327@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Reply-To: halo@cognos.UUCP (Hal) Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 25 In article <28327@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram) writes: }In article <5284@ihlpg.ATT.COM>, dalka@ihlpg (Ken Dalka) writes: }} I've never heard of these. Is there a more commonly used name? } }I've seen them labelled as "bristlemouth", "bristlenose", "bristlemouth plecos", }and so on. They are also called Xenocara in some older books. } }} I would like to know more about this Ancistrus..... } }Ancistrus (armored catfishes) belong to the Loricariidae (mailed catfishes), }along with Loricaria, Otocinclus and Plecostomus. Ancistrus belong to the }Amazon region and Guyana. There is one other member of the Loricariidae which appears (somewhat infrequently) in the hobbyist's tank. That is Farlowella, I can't remember the common appelation, but this species resembles a twig and is a good example of using natural camouflage. -- Hal O'Connell decvax!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!halo Cognos Incorporated P.O. Box 9707 (613) 738-1440 3755 Riverside Dr. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA, K1G 3Z4