dedicated B. G. Wilder
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
188.4 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Weight
0.256 kg
Type of water
Clear water
Eats plants
not known
from genus: Male pointed dorsal fin, female round dorsal fin
approx. 15.0 cm
unknown
 
present
ii - v / 6 - 9 rays
6-7 + 8-9 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
II / 6 rays
straight
(7 -) 9 soft rays
6 soft rays
ii - v / 6 - 9 rays
6-7 + 8-9 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
II / 6 rays
straight
(7 -) 9 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. 461
- Kindle, Edward M., 1894 "The South American Cat-fishes Belonging to Cornell University" (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 8)
- Fowler, Henry W., 1941 "A Collection of Fresh-Water Fishes obtained in Eastern Brazil By Dr. Rudolpho Von Ihering" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 93, P. 140)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 171)
- Birindelli, J.L.O., Fayal, D.F. & Wosiacki, W.B., 2011 "Taxonomic revision of thorny catfish genus Hassar (Siluriformes: Doradidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 9 No. 3)
- Sabaj Pérez, M.H. & Brindelli, J.L.O., 2013 "Hassar shewellkeimi, a New Species of Thorny Catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from the upper Tapajós Basin, Brazil" (abstract) (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 162, P. 152)
- Sousa França, F.M.de & Gubiani, E.A., 2025 "Length-weight and length-length relationships for freshwater fish species from the lower Araguaia River, Tocantins-Araguaia basin, Tocantins State, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 23 No. 1)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
César Nolasco (CC BY-NC 3.0)
1, 2
Leandro Sousa (CC BY-NC 3.0)
3
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28.09.2025