Natural habitat and biotope aquarium of Hypancistrus zebra (l46)

Hypancistrus zebra is an endemic Loricariidae from the Xingu River, Brazil, occurring in an area of just over 150 km (a large part of this area currently impacted by the Belo Monte Dam).
The adult reaches 7 or 8 centimeters and live in shallow habitats (0 to 8 meters deep) of the rocky areas of the Xingu River.
They are essentially carnivores, eating small mollusks, insect larvae, and other invertebrates associated with freshwater sponges (Porifera).
They often occur in crevices and narrow spaces between large rock granitoid boulders (gneiss).
This species has been in the world aquarium market since the 1980s and its captive breeding has been dominated in Europe, Asia and the USA since the early 1990s.
In 2004 it has entered the list of endangered species and since then its capture has been illegal.
Currently, the greatest risk to the survival of this species in nature are the environmental changes coming from the Belo Monte Dam and, not less important, from the continuous traffic of specimens captured clandestinely and sent to international trade. This demand for wild specimens has had significant impacts on populations that were not affected by the Belo Monte dam.

[@FunctionBuiltAquatics]

I enjoy seeing this species in nature coexisting with other plecos… it’s what I envisioned for my setup.

[@Wijnfles]

how did you do those light flashes?

[@akauaneferreira8358]

Parabéns pelo trabalho professor Leandro, por ser uma espécie diferenciada chama atenção por sua beleza. Não é atoa que e desejado no exterior.

[@arkaitzheras6881]

Hola buenas que tipo de roca se utilizo en el monje? Un saludo gracias y gran tabajo

[@paraisopleco9818]

Excelente trabalho e partilha. Muito obrigado Leandro ;)

[@ronaldokobayashi4845]

Parabéns pelo vídeo, realmente muito educativo e percebi que o campus fica localizado numa região muito privilegiada para o estudo dos cascudos. Parabéns!!!

[@zebraplecofans]

Great video mate 👍👍

[@rodrigonunes4993]

Seria interessante você tbm futuramente dedicar um estudo sobre as populações de acara bandeira, pterophylum altum na região da tríplice fronteira, pois temos "Altuns" dentro do território nacional, uaupes, cucui ... e muito pouco sabemos sobre, é uma sugestão.

[@paulobolckau7506]

Sensacional esse layout, poderia me dizer qual é esse substrato?

[@LeandroSousa_IctioXingu]

Obrigado! É areia média, do leito do rio mesmo.

[@alexandreferreiradialogo]

Caro Leandro, parabéns pelo trabalho de pesquisa. Gostaria de saber onde encontro uma material que contenha Chave de identificação de cascudos. Explico, aqui na minha região tem várias espécies de cascudos e gostaria de identifica-las. Agradeço. Alexandre Ferreira.

[@icandoit4284]

Leandro .thank You very much to show us the real pleco home .I really enjoy your awesome videos.

[@rodrigovasconcelos7192]

Fantástico Leandro !!!!

[@Toupeiradacaatinganotal1000]

Faz um vídeo do habitat e biotopo do Ossubtus xinguense

[@marciomoreiramello9359]

Loricarideo mais incrível que existe!!

[@cascudoseaquarismo8734]

Sensacional 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@pedrobastos4883]

Eai lembra de mim?

[@pixeltattoo2753]

Wich Stones ?

[@LeandroSousa_IctioXingu]

They are gneisse boulders.

[@hobi1869]

I’ve just got 10 of these to breed, hopefully!

[@hobi1869]

@Live Feeding ASMR I paid £850 for 11

[@hobi1869]

@Live Feeding ASMR tap water and conditioner

[@hobi1869]

@Live Feeding ASMR yes actually I got 11 for that! He gave me one free.

[@hobi1869]

@Live Feeding ASMR in my LFS they sell them for £200 each.

[@hobi1869]

@Live Feeding ASMR no English pounds!

[@lucasbrito2887]

Sensacional!👍🏻

[@sickscooter474]

What kind of substrate is used the l46 biotope?

[@LeandroSousa_IctioXingu]

They are usually found in between large Gneisse boulders.

[@truthfactreality6814]

What types of rocks are these ?

[@LeandroSousa_IctioXingu]

These are granitoid boulders

[@truthfactreality6814]

What rock type is that ?

[@LeandroSousa_IctioXingu]

This is a Gneisse rock.

[@dustinfreimuth1684]

Wath are these stones in the Tank ?

[@LeandroSousa_IctioXingu]

They are granitoid boulders found in the Xingu region.