Leptodoras praelongus
Myers & Weitzman, 1956
Synonyms
Botinho
Hassar praelongus
Hassar praelongus
Length (total)
approx. 21 cm
Standard length (documented)
185.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
25 - 30 °C
Amazonas (VEN), Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA), Rondônia, Roraima
Brazil, Venezuela
río Casiquare | rio Branco | paraná do Saia ⇒ rio Negro | rio Madeira ⇒ Amazonas | rio Pará ⇒ Atlantic NE ↓ río Orinoco → Caribic ↓
[ -0.116,-67.088 ]
Locality
in/near rapids
Type of water
Clear water, White water, Black water
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
iv - v / 9 - 11 rays
8 + 9 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
I / 6 rays
(8 -) 9 (- 10) soft rays
6 soft rays
iv - v / 9 - 11 rays
8 + 9 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
I / 6 rays
(8 -) 9 (- 10) 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
- Myers, G.S. & Weitzman, S.H., 1956 "Two new Brazilian fresh water fishes" (Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin) P. 1
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 462
- Sabaj Pérez, M.H., 2005 "Taxonomic assessment of Leptodoras (Siluriformes: Doradidae) with descriptions of three new species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 3 No. 4)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 173)
- Birindelli, José L.O.; Sousa, Leandro M. & Pérez, Mark H. Sabaj, 2008 "New species of thorny catfish, genus Leptodoras Boulenger (Siluriformes: Doradidae), from Tapajós and Xingu basins, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 6 No. 3, P. 479)
- Birindelli, José L.O. & Sousa, Leandro M., 2010 "New Species of the Thorny Catfish Genus Leptodoras (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from Rio Fresco, Xingu Basin, Brazil" (Copeia, No. 2, P. 292)
- Birindelli, José L.O., 2014 "Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 3, P. 538)
- PCF
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