Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Standard length (documented)
59.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Type of water
Black water
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
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
- Böhlke, J.E. , 1951 "Description of a new auchenipterid catfish of the genus Pseudepapterus from the Amazon Basin" (Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin) P. 38
- Ferraris, C.J., Jr. & Vari, R.P. , 2000 "The deep-water South American catfish genus Pseudepapterus (Ostariophysi: Auchenipteridae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters) P. 101
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 476
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 76)
- 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)
- Fishbase
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