dedicated Mr. Morton W. Fordice
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Standard length (documented)
99.0 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
iii - iv / 42 - 43 (- 45) rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 (- 7) rays
12 - 13 soft rays
13 - 14 soft rays
iii - iv / 42 - 43 (- 45) rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 (- 7) rays
12 - 13 soft rays
13 - 14 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
- Ferraris, C.J., Jr. & Vari, R.P. , 2000 "The deep-water South American catfish genus Pseudepapterus (Ostariophysi: Auchenipteridae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters) P. 110
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 473
- Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S., 1888 "Preliminary Notes on South American Nemotognathi" (Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 1 Ser. 2, P. 151)
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1890 "A Revision of the South American Nematognathi or Cat-Fishes" (Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences, No. 1, P. 297)
- Ferraris, C.J., Jr. & Vari, R.P., 1999 "The South American catfish genus Auchenipterus Valenciennes, 1840 (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae): monophyly and relationships, with a revisionary study" (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 126 No. 4, P. 424)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 72)
- Fishbase
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