Entomocorus gameroi
Mago-Leccia, 1984
Synonyms
Gamero's Woodcat
Penguin Woodcat
Sleeping Catfish
Penguin Woodcat
Sleeping Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Standard length (documented)
58.4 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.0
río Apurito near San Fernando de Apure, río Apure, esteros de Camaguán, laguna Castillero, ➀ río Caura, caño Falcón, laguna Flor Amarilla, río Guanare Viejo, río Guariquito, caño Guaritico = caño Maporal, caño Igües = caño Igues, caño Maraca, laguna Pavoncito, río Portuguesa, río Socopó, laguna Tapatapa, río Tiznados, Llanos
río Macapra, caño Payara, caño La Varitas, laguna Los Laureles, laguna La Negra
río Macapra, caño Payara, caño La Varitas, laguna Los Laureles, laguna La Negra
Apure, Bolívar, Guárico, Monagas, Delta Amacuro, Portuguesa
Venezuela
río Orinoco ➙ Caribic
˜[ 7.666,-66.336 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
iv - vi / 15 (- 17) rays
not known
- Mago-Leccia, F., 1984 "Entomocorus gameroi, una nueva especie de bagre auquenipterido (Teleostei, Siluriformes) de Venezuela, incluyendo la descripción de su dimorfismo sexual secundario" (Acta Biologica Venezuelica)
- 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
- Rodríguez, M.A.; Richardson, S.E. & Lewis, W.M. Jr., 1990 "Nocturnal Behavior and Aspects of the Ecology of a Driftwood Catfish, Entomocorus gameroi (Auchenipteridae)" (Biotropica, Vol. 22 No. 4, P. 435)
- Akama, A. & Ferraris, C.J., Jr., 2003 "Entomocorus melaphareus, a new species of auchenipterid catfish (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes) from the lower and middle reaches of the rio Amazonas" (Neotropical Ichthyology, P. 77)
- 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)
- 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. 86)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Ballen, G.A.; Herrera-R, G.A.; Zamudio, J., Herrera-Collazos; E.E.; DoNascimiento, C.; Prada-Pedreros, S. & Maldonado-Ocampo, A., 2018 "Fishes of the Cusiana River (Meta River basin, Colombia), with an identification key to its species" (ZooKeys, No. 733, P. 81)
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