Synonyms
barbudu
Perugia xanthus
Perugia xanthus
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 21 cm
Standard length (documented)
120.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
(13 -) 14 (- 16) soft rays
7 + 8 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 7 rays
slightly concave
(12 -) 13 (- 14) soft rays
(13 -) 14 (- 16) soft rays
7 + 8 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 7 rays
slightly concave
(12 -) 13 (- 14) 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. 438
- Eigenmann, Carl H., 1913 "Some Results from An Ichthyological Reconnaissance of Colombia, South America" (Indiana University studies, Vol. 1, P. 16)
- Ibarra, M. & Stewart, D.J., 1987 "Catalogue of type specimens of recent fishes in Field Museum of Natural History" (Field Museum of Natural History, Vol. 35, P. 55)
- 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. 34)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 335)
- Lundberg, J.G. & Ladhul, W.M., 2008 "Two new cis-Andean species of the South American catfish genus Megalonema allied to trans-Andean Megalonema xanthum, with description of a new subgenus (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 6 No. 3, P. 442)
- 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. 93)
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Frank Alvarez (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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