Synonyms
Bagre hueso (ECU)
Mandi-serra (BRA)
Oxydoras acipenserinus
Peruvian Sturgeon Catfish
Pirillo (PER)
Sierra barbita (VEN)
Mandi-serra (BRA)
Oxydoras acipenserinus
Peruvian Sturgeon Catfish
Pirillo (PER)
Sierra barbita (VEN)
Length (total)
approx. 24 cm
Standard length (documented)
196.5 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Locality
on sand banks
Type of water
White water, Black water
Flow
strong
Substrate
sand
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
iv - v / 9 - 13 rays
8 + 9 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
(9 -) 10 (- 11) soft rays
6 soft rays
iv - v / 9 - 13 rays
8 + 9 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
(9 -) 10 (- 11) soft rays
6 soft rays
Sympatric with
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. 461
- Katzschmann, A. & Behr, N.: "Ganz schön stachelig!"
(Amazonas Januar / Februar 2023)
- Günther, A., 1868 "Diagnoses of some new Freshwater Fishes from Surinam and Brazil, in the Collection of the British Museum" (The Annals and magazine of natural history, Vol. 1 Ser. 4, P. 475)
- 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. 478)
- 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)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 115)
- Hablützel, P. & Baldiviezo, C.D.V., 2012 "First report of Leptodoras acipenserinus (Günther, 1868) (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Doradidae) in Bolivia" (Kempffiana, Vol. 8 No. 2, P. 11)
- 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. 88)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
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Dr. Albert Günther (PD)
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