Delturus brevis
Reis & Pereira, 2006
brevis (lat.) = short; because of the small size, the smaller number of plates and the less soft rays in the dorsal fin
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
171.8 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Flow
strong
Substrate
rocks
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
from genus: odontodes at the mouth
unknown
present
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
slightly convex
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / (8 -) 9 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
slightly convex
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / (8 -) 9 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Reis, R.E.; Pereira, E.H.L. & Armbruster, J.W., 2006 "Delturinae, a new loricariid catfish subfamily (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with revisions of Delturus and Hemipsilichthys" (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, No. 147, P. 277)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 443)
- Pereira, E.H.L.; Vieira, F. & Reis, R.E., 2010 "Pareiorhaphis scutula, a new species of neoplecostomine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Doce basin, Southeastern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 8 No. 1, P. 37)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Tiago Casarim Pessali (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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