Epapterus dispilurus
Cope, 1878
(Type species)
Synonyms
Epapterus chaquensis
Euanemus longipinnis
Slopehead Catfish
Euanemus longipinnis
Slopehead Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 13 cm
Standard length (documented)
107.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
absent
61 - 64 soft rays
17 soft rays
I / 0 - 2 rays
12 - 13 soft rays
14 - 15 soft rays
61 - 64 soft rays
17 soft rays
I / 0 - 2 rays
12 - 13 soft rays
14 - 15 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
- Risso, F.J.J. & Risso, E.N.P. de, 1962 "Epapterus chaquensis, nueva especie de Auchenipteridae (Pisces, Nematognathi)" (Notas Biologicas de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales, Corrientes) P. 2
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 475
- Cope, E.D., 1878 "Synopsis of the Fishes of the Peruvian Amazon, obtained by Professor Orton during his Expeditions of 1873 and 1877" (Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 17, P. 677)
- Menni, R.C., 2004 "Peces y ambientes en la Argentina continental" (Monografías del Museo Argentina Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, No. 5, P. 83)
- Galvis, G.; Mojica, J.I.; Doque, S.R.; Castellanos, C.; Sánchez-Duarte, P.; Arce, M.; Gutiérrez, Á.; Jiménez, L.F.; Santos, M.; Vejarano, S.; Arbeláez, F.; Prieto, E. & Leiva,, 2006 "Peces del medio Amazonas - Región de Leticia" (Conservación Internacional, P. 270)
- 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)
- Birindelli, José L.O., 2014 "Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 3, P. 535)
- 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. 87)
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