Rhynchodoras xingui
Klausewitz & Rössel, 1961
(Type species)
according to the origin rio Xingu
Synonyms
Schnabel-Dornwelse
endangered
Length (total)
approx. 11 cm
Standard length (documented)
63.0 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
(Prefered) River depth
< 15.00 m
Trichoptera (Trichoptera) (larvae)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Klausewitz, W. & Rössel, F., 1961 "Rhynchodoras xingui, ein bemerkenswerter neuer Wels aus Brasilien (Pisces, Siluroidea, Doradidae)" (Senckenbergiana Biologica) P. 45
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 466
- Camargo, M.; Giarrizzo, T. & Isaac, V., 2004 "Review Of The Geographic Distribution Of Fish Fauna Of The Xingu River Basin, Brazil" (Ecotropica, Vol. 10, P. 125)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 178)
- Birindelli, J.; Sabaj Pérez, M.H. & Taphorn, D.C., 2007 "New species of Rhynchodoras from the Río Orinoco" (Copeia, Vol. 2007 No. 3, P. 681)
- Sabaj Pérez, M., 2015 "Rhynchodoras: into the belly of the beast" (Journal of the Catfish Study Group, Vol. 16 No. 1, P. 17)
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 192)
- Kai Arendt "Ein ungewöhnlicher Dornwels aus Brasilien, Rhynchodoras xingui Klausewitz & Rössel, 1961"
- PCF
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