Tenellus ternetzi
Eigenmann, 1925
Length (total)
approx. 16 cm
Standard length (documented)
128.6 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.0
Pará (BRA), Amazonas (BRA), Amazonas (VEN), Loreto
Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela
Río Orinoco | Amazonas
[ -2.497,-55.006 ]
Type of water
Clear water, White water, Black water
Eats plants
not known
unknown
8 - 11 soft rays
15 soft rays
II / 6 rays
(7 -) 8 soft rays
6 soft rays
15 soft rays
II / 6 rays
(7 -) 8 soft rays
6 soft rays
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., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 463
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1925 "A review of the Doradidae, a family of South American Nematognathi, or catfishes" (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series), Vol. 22 No. 5, P. 280)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 175)
- Sabaj Pérez, M.H., Arce, M.H.; Sousa, L.M. & Birindelli, J.L.O., 2014 "Nemadoras cristinae, new species of thorny catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) with redescriptions of its congeners" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 163, P. 133)
- Birindelli, José L.O., 2014 "Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 3, P. 538)
- 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. 89)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Garcia-Melo, J.E.; Peña-Bermudez, M.E.; Melo-Ortiz, O.E.; Ordoñez, O.S.; Correa, S.B.; Carvalho;T.P. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2024 "Fishes (Actinopterygii) of the rapids and associated environments in the lower Vaupés River Basin: an undiscovered Colombian Amazon diversity" (ZooKeys, Vol. 1203, P. 131)
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for the pictures
José Birindelli (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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