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