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Acanthicus adonis, the adonis pleco or polka dot lyre-tail pleco, is a large species of armored catfish. It was originally described from the lower Tocantins River in Brazil, but individuals resembling the species have also been recorded from Amazonian Peru. The species is occasionally seen in the aquarium trade,  These fish are opportunistic omnivores.
This gorgeous and rare pitch black pleco is quite slender in relation to it’s body length. Although they may appear to be delivate when young, as they grow up, they become much more robust. Small specimens have spots over the whole body. Spots may become relatively smaller and fewer in number with growth. Adults can grow pectoral fins in excess of 15 cm in length giving a remarkable look! Acanthicus adonis is distinguished by having a more pointy vs. rounded snoutolor differences. This is not a dwarf pleco, but considered a larger species and a superb display fish for large aquariums or public aquaria. This is a very easy fish to grow and NOT difficult to care for at all!

Feeding	Very much a generalist or opportunist feeder, this species is happy with most good quality aquarium foods, and will also eat many other foods as offered to other loricariid catfish, from fruit and vegetables through to molluscs, crustaceans and even pieces of fish. They do graze wood, although whether this is a requirement or whether it is just as part of their general grazing is not known.
decos	Robust! Large pieces of bogwood, branch wood etc. are ideal. Rock work should be heavy enough so that an adult fish cannot knock them around, this means nothing smaller than a house brick. The best substrate is by far an inert sand.
Compatibility	To keep more than one individual would require a huge aquarium. A single adult male can easily be the most dominant fish in a 1000 gallon aquarium with other large neotropical fish, and other catfish housed with one need to be robust. There should be ample refuges for all the catfish, as when this fish decides to take one over it will regardless of whether the rightful owner is present or not. Care should probably be taken not to house them with other highly competitive loricariids such as Pseudacanthicus etc., as this is likely to result in serious injuries or death to one or both fish. One specimen was observed to have killed a very large P. gibbiceps by stripping the skin from the fish when it tried to escape into a refuge that was too small.