Length (total)
approx. 13 cm
Standard length (documented)
103.0 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
5.0 - 7.0
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
iv / 10 rays
greatly incised / concave
I / 6 rays
straight
9 soft rays
7 soft rays
greatly incised / concave
I / 6 rays
straight
9 soft rays
7 soft rays
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., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 463
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1882 "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flussfische Südamerika's II" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe., Vol. 43, P. 106)
- 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)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 115)
- Birindelli, José L.O., 2014 "Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 3, P. 538)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
1, 2
Steindachner, Franz (1882) (PD)
3, 4
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