Hypophthalmus edentatus
Spix & Agassiz, 1829
(Type species)
Synonyms
Bagre paisano
Highwaterman Catfish
Hypophthalmus perporosus
Hypophthalmus spixii
mapara
Maparatá
Maparate
rambao
Highwaterman Catfish
Hypophthalmus perporosus
Hypophthalmus spixii
mapara
Maparatá
Maparate
rambao
Length (total)
approx. 58 cm
Recommended tank size
300 cm
Amazonas (BRA), Amazonas (VEN), Pará, Beni, Napo, Loreto, Apure, Portuguesa
Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Colombia, Peru, Suriname, Trinidsd, Guyana, Venezuela
Amazonas | Río Orinoco | Pacific | Atlantic NE
˜[ -3.198,-59.943 ]
Type of water
Clear water, White water
Copepods (Copepoda), water fleas (Cladocera), ostracods (Ostracoden), algae, insects, water mites (Hydrachnidiae), decapod (Decapoda), fish eggs, vegetable fibers
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
(58 -) 60 - 61 (- 67) soft rays
20 soft rays
I / (5 -) 6 rays
(12 -) 14 - 16 soft rays
6 soft rays
(58 -) 60 - 61 (- 67) soft rays
20 soft rays
I / (5 -) 6 rays
(12 -) 14 - 16 soft rays
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
- Spix, J.B. von & Agassiz, L., 1829 "Selecta genera et species piscium : quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I." (Monachii, P. 16)
- 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. 161)
- Melo, B.F.; Benine, R.C.; Britzke R., Gama, C.S. & Oliveira, C. , 2016 "An inventory of coastal freshwater fishes from Amapá highlighting the occurrence of eight new records for Brazil" (ZooKeys, 606, P. 134)
- 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)
- Santos Picapedra, P.H. dos; Sanches, P.S. & Lansac-Tôha, F.A. , 2018 "Effects of light-dark cycle on the spatial distribution and feeding activity of fish larvae of two co-occurring species (Pisces: Hypophthalmidae and Sciaenidae) in a Neotropical floodplain lake" (Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol. 78 No 4, P. 763)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Ballen, G.A.; Herrera-R, G.A.; Zamudio, J., Herrera-Collazos; E.E.; DoNascimiento, C.; Prada-Pedreros, S. & Maldonado-Ocampo, A., 2018 "Fishes of the Cusiana River (Meta River basin, Colombia), with an identification key to its species" (ZooKeys, No. 733, P. 80)
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