Megalonema psammium
Schultz, 1944
psammium (gr.) - sandy; because the occurrence over sandy areas
Synonyms
Ballito
Ballo
Megalonema platycephalum psammium
Ballo
Megalonema platycephalum psammium
Length (total)
approx. 17 cm
Standard length (documented)
133.5 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Substrate
sand
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
(5 -) 9 - 10 soft rays
15 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
13 soft rays
5 soft rays
(5 -) 9 - 10 soft rays
15 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
13 soft rays
5 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. 437
- Schultz, Leonard P., 1944 "The catfishes of Venezuela, with description of thirty-eight new forms" (Proceedings of the National Museum, Vol. 94, P. 216)
- 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. 33)
- Galvis, G.; Mojica, J.I.; & Camargo, M., 1997 "Peces del Catatumbo" (Asociación Cravo Norte, P. 61)
- 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)
- 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)
- PCF
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