Hove dzinozivikanwa se mvura yekare Inoonekwa nemhando dzayo dzekunze dzekunze, nekuda kwemahwendefa anovhara miviri yavo uye ayo anopfuura makumi maviri marudzi akatsanangurwa ari eiyo mhuri Loricaridae. Iyo inozivikanwa zvakare inozivikanwa seye chembere nhema mukadzi; gogo muchembere; shamhu yekare, pakati pevamwe, sezvo kuoneka kwayo kusiri kwekuratidzira asi kwakakosha mhando comkana kwakachena kumashure kana girazi.
Ihove idzi dzinoonekwa nekuchengetedza miviri yavo, yakarongedzwa nemahwendefa kana nhoo izvo zvinovafukidza kunge nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo.
De brownish nhema colorationIine mahwendefa mahombe munzvimbo yekumusoro uye kumicheto, ine dorsal fin, yakatsvuka mumwaranzi yayo uye muswe wakakura. Iyo yekupedzisira ventral yakakura pane iyo anal iyo.
Ihove yepasi uye yemvura yakachena, uye inosarudza mvura inodziya. Iyo ine zvishoma kufamba sezvo inoramba yakamira kwenguva yakareba yakamirira nzira ye chayabata kuti chiitore ndokuitora.
Kunyange chembere yajairayakachena matombo ezasi nzvimbo uye mashizha ezvirimwa zvemumvura, mumakamuri anogara akabatanidzwa negirazi kana imwe nzvimbo nemiromo, iyo szvinoshanda nekuti vanokwenya algae nemiriwo, yakakosha pakushanda kwakakodzera kweiyo aquarium, ndizvo izvo isu zvatinowanzoidza kuti algae cleaners.
Nzira yaro yekubereka inoda kuziva, nekuti ivo vanotakura iyo sumbu re mazai akaiswa mudumbu pasi peshaya dzezasi uye kuti hadzisiyi kusvikira hosha dzabuda. Ivo vanodzivirira kwazvo vana vavo, vachitoita hasha vasina kuisa panjodzi vana vavo.
Vanodya pane: mojarras, catfish, tarpon, boguitas uye microorganisms kubva mumvura yavanogara, naivowo Iyo inodyisa pane yakasikwa sludge.
Ihove idzi dzinokura nekukurumidza zvakanyanya, saka vanogona kuyera pakati pe15 kusvika 40 cmIzvi zvinovaita kuti vasanyanya kubatsira mune akwariyamu diki.