Epapterus blohmi
Vari, Jewett, Taphorn & Gilbert, 1984
dedicated Tomas Blohm, Caracas, Eigentümer der Estancia Fundo Pecuario Masaguaral
Synonyms
Matacaimán
Slopehead Catfish
Slopehead Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Standard length (documented)
85.2 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Flow
no - small
Substrate
gravel
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
algae, vegetable fibers
Eats plants
not known
unknown
absent
9 + 8 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, round
(9 -) 10 (- 11) soft rays
(16 -) 15 soft rays
9 + 8 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, round
(9 -) 10 (- 11) soft rays
(16 -) 15 soft rays
not known
- 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
- Vari, Richard P.; Jewett, Susan L.; Taphorn, Donald C. & Gilbert, Carter A., 1984 "A new catfish of the genus epapterus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Orinoco River Basin" (Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 97, P. 463)
- Ferraris, C.J. Jr. & Vari, R.P. , 1992 "Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution" (Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 535, P. 11)
- 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)
- Calegari, B.B. & Reis, R.E., 2019 "Phylogenetic systematics of the driftwood catfishes (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae): a combined morphological and molecular analysis" (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, P. 95)
- PCF
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