Striped Bulldog Pleco
Chaetostoma formosae
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- Scientific name
- Chaetostoma formosae
- Family
- Loricariidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Order
- Siluriformes
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 20–24 °C
- pH
- 6.5–7.8
- General hardness (GH)
- 8–25 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 10.5 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 108 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- Solitary
- Swimming level
- Bottom
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Vulnerable (VU)
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