myrios (gr.) - innumerable; odon (gr.) - tooth; because of the large number of teeth
Synonyms
Length (total)
approx. 40 cm
Standard length (documented)
355.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
lip breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
 
absent
I / 5 rays
10 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 5 rays
10 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 332
- Eigenmann, Carl H., 1913 "Some Results from An Ichthyological Reconnaissance of Colombia, South America" (Indiana University studies, Vol. 1, P. 13)
- Ferraris, C.J. Jr. & Vari, R.P. , 1992 "Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution" (Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 535, P. 28)
- Galvis, G.; Mojica, J.I.; & Camargo, M., 1997 "Peces del Catatumbo" (Asociación Cravo Norte, P. 90)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 233)
- Londoño-Burbano, A. & Reis, R.E., 2016 "Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships of Dasyloricaria Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with description of a new species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 14 No. 1)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 78)
- Londoño-Burbano, A. & Reis, R.E., 2021 "A combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of the Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with emphasis on the Harttiini and Farlowellini" (PlosOne)
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