Entomocorus benjamini
Eigenmann, 1917
(Type species)
dedicated Marcus Benjamin, United States National Museum
Synonyms
Bagre-de-benjamim
Schlafwels
Sleeper Catfish
Schlafwels
Sleeper Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Beni, Rondônia, Amazonas (BRA)
Bolivia, Brazil
río Apere | río Maniqui → río Rapulo → río Yacuma ⇒ río Mamoré → rio Madeira → Amazonas → Atlantic NE
˜[ -13.049,-64.666 ]
Copepods (Copepoda), water fleas (Cladocera), rotifers (Rotifera), insects
Eats plants
not known
unknown
(17 -) 19 - 22 soft rays
I / 5 rays
6 soft rays
I / 5 rays
6 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
- 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
- Eigenmann, Carl H., 1917 "New and Rare Species of South American Siluridae in the Carnegie Museum" (Annals of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 11, P. 403)
- Pouilly, M.; Lino, F.; Bretenoux, J.-G. & Rosales, C., 2003 "Dietary–morphological relationships in a fish assemblage of the Bolivian Amazonian floodplain" (Journal of Fish Biology, Vol. 62 No. 5, P. 1143)
- Reis, R.E. & Borges, T.A.K., 2006 "The South American catfish genus Entomocorus (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae), with the description of a new species from the Paraguay River basin" (Copeia, Vol. 2006 No. 3, P. 414)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 74)
- Britski, H.A.; Silimon, K.Z.S. & Lopes, B.S., 2007 "Peixes do Pantanal-Manual de Identificação"
- Muniz, C.C.; Mendes; E.F.; Souza Campos, D.V. de & Oliveira Junior, E.S., 2021 "Peixes que encantam no Pantanal" (Bichos do Pantanal)
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