Synonyms
Parauchenipterus striatulus
Buzo
Ceratocheilus osteomystax
hocicón
pirá bicicleta (Paraguay)
surumanha (BRA)
Torito
Buzo
Ceratocheilus osteomystax
hocicón
pirá bicicleta (Paraguay)
surumanha (BRA)
Torito
Length (total)
approx. 33 cm
Standard length (documented)
230.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Weight
0.180 kg
rio Vermelho near Santa Rita das Antas = Jeroaquara, ➀ rio Tocantins, lagos do Araguaia, rio Curuá-Una, ➀ rio Tapajós, ➀ rio Trombetas, río de la Plata, ➀ río Uruguay = rio Uruguai, ➀ río Paraná = rio Paraná, ➀ río Paraguay = rio Paraguai, ➀ rio Paranapanema, río Aquidaban, rio Aquidauana, rio Cuiabá = rio Canabu, rio Ibicuí, rio Ijuí, río Jejuí Guazú, lagoa Paru, ➀ rio Taquari = ribeirão Taquari, lagoa Urariá, ➀ lago Ypacarai, río Ypané - widespread
Goiás, Pará, Mato Grosso, Santa Fé, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
rio Araguaia → rio Tocantins → rio Pará | rio Trombetas → Amazonas ⇒ Atlantic NE ↓ rio Miranda | rio São Lourenço | río Salado ⇒ río Paraguay → río Paraná | rio Uruguai = río Uruguay ⇒ río de la Plata → Atlantic SE ↓
˜[ -15.351,-50.451 ]
water fleas (Cladocera), beetle (Coleoptera), insects, terrestrial, Webspinnen (Aranae), Milben (Acari), Copepods (Copepoda), ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera), diptera (Diptera), Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera), Trichoptera (Trichoptera) (larvae)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
small
iii - iv / (39 -) 41 - 44 (- 47) rays
incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
(6 -) 7 soft rays
(10 -) 12 - 13 (- 14) soft rays
(14 -) 12 - 13 soft rays
iii - iv / (39 -) 41 - 44 (- 47) rays
incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
(6 -) 7 soft rays
(10 -) 12 - 13 (- 14) soft rays
(14 -) 12 - 13 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. 474
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1918 "Tres generos e dezesete especies novas de peixes brasileiros determinados nas collecções do Museu Paulista" (Revista do Museu Paulista, Vol. 10)
- 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. 439)
- Mello, F.T. de; González-Bergonzoni, I. & Loureiro, M., 2011 "Peces de Agua Dulce del Uruguay"
- Sverlij, S.B.; Schenke, R.L.D. ; López, H.L. & Ros, A.E., 2015 "Peces del Río Uruguay"
- Bertaco, V.A.; Ferrer, J.; Carvalho, F.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 2016 "Article Inventory of the freshwater fishes from a densely collected area in South America —a case study of the current knowledge of Neotropical fish diversity" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4138 No. 3, P. 416)
- Garcia, D.A.Z.; Vidotto-Magnoni, A.P. & Orsi, M.L., 2018 "Diet and feeding ecology of non-native fishes in lentic and lotic freshwater habitats" (Aquatic Invasions, Vol. 13 No. 4, P. 565)
- Ota, R.R.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Graça, W.J. da & Pavanelli, C.S., 2018 "Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 16 No. 2, P. 62)
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