Aspidoras fuscoguttatus

Aspidoras fuscoguttatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Callichthyidae
Genus:	Aspidoras
Species:	A. fuscoguttatus
Binomial name
Aspidoras fuscoguttatus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976 [2]

Aspidoras fuscoguttatus, the darkspotted catfish or the brown-point shield Skin longirostris, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callychthyidae, the armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Corydoradinae, the corys. ^[2] This catfish is found in South America where it occurs in the upper Paraná River basin in Brazil. ^[1]

In Aquariums

The fish will grow in length up to 4 centimetres (1.6 inches). It lives in a tropical climate in water with a 5.5–6.8 pH, a water hardness of 12 dGH, and a temperature range of 22 to 25 °C (72 to 77 °F). It feeds on worms, benthic crustaceans, insects, and plant matter. It lays eggs in dense vegetation and adults do not guard the eggs.^{[ citation needed ]}

It is not very popular in the aquarium trade, probably because it is difficult to distinguish from other related species. ^[3]

See also

• List of freshwater aquarium fish species

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aspidoras fuscoguttatus". FishBase . December 2011 version.

1. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Aspidoras fuscoguttatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T186389A1812327. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T186389A1812327.en . Retrieved 4 August 2022.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Aspidoras". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 December 2025.
3. "Brown Point Shield Skin Longirostris (Aspidoras fuscoguttatus)". deepbluetank.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.