Synonyms
Dolphin Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 45 cm
Standard length (documented)
374.0 mm
Recommended tank size
300 cm
Type of water
White water, Black water
water fleas (Cladocera), zooplankton, Copepods (Copepoda), diptera (Diptera) (larvae), Bryozoen (Bryozoen), Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera), water mites (Hydrachnidiae), beetle (Coleoptera), beetle (Coleoptera) (larvae), rotifers (Rotifera), algae, detritus, ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera) (larvae), diptera (Diptera), Trichoptera (Trichoptera) (larvae)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
64 - 69 soft rays
19 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 6 rays
(13 -) 14 - 15 (- 17) soft rays
5 - 6 soft rays
64 - 69 soft rays
19 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 6 rays
(13 -) 14 - 15 (- 17) soft rays
5 - 6 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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 436
- Kner, R., 1857 "Ichthyologische Beiträge" (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Bd. 26, P. 444)
- Carvalho, M.L. & Goulding, M., 1985 "On the feeding ecology of the catfish Hypophthalmus fimbriatus in the blackwater Rio Negro of the Amazon Basin" (Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, Vol. 3 No. 1)
- López-Fernandez, H. & Winemiller, K., 2000 "A review of Venezuelan species of Hypophthalmus (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 11 No. 1, P. 35)
- Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
- 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. 308)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 333)
- Oliveira, E.; Bialetzki, A. & Fugimoto Assakawa, L., 2008 "Morphological Development Of Hypophthalmus Fimbriatus And H. Marginatus Post-Yolk-Sac Larvae (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (Zootaxa)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 114)
- Littmann, M.W.; Azpelicueta, M.; Vanegas Rios, J.A. & Lundberg, J., 2015 "Holotype-based validation, redescription and continental-scale range extension of the South American catfish species Hypophthalmus oremaculatus Nani and Fuster, 1947, with additional information on Hypophthalmus edentatus Spix and Agassiz, 1829 (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae)" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 164 No. 1, P. 173)
- 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)
- Careaga, M.; ergueta, C.; Gutierrez Ojeda, E.K.; Maldonado, M. & Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M., 2020 "Inventario de los peces del río Yata (Beni, Bolivia)" (Hidrobiología Neotropical y Conservación Acuática, Vol. 1 No. 1, P. 77)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Leandro Sousa (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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Kner (1857) (PD)
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