Megalonema amaxanthum
Lundberg & Dahdul, 2008
ama = für Amazonas, xanthum für Megalonema xanthum
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 14 cm
Standard length (documented)
106.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Pando, Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, Madre de Dios
Bolivia, Brazil,Guyana,Peru
río Orthon → río Beni → rio Madeira | rio Purus | rio Branco → rio Negro ⇒ Amazonas | rio Pará ⇒ Atlantic NE
[ -11.302,-68.742 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
15 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
filament upper
filament lower
I / 7 rays
concave
(11 -) 12 (- 13) soft rays
15 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
filament upper
filament lower
I / 7 rays
concave
(11 -) 12 (- 13) 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
- 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)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 114)
- PCF
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