mani (lat.) - many, radii (lat.) - rakers; because the many gill rakers
Synonyms
Sorubi
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
252.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
(20 -) 23 (- 25) soft rays
8 + 10-12 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
II / 6 rays
8 - 9 (- 10) soft rays
5 soft rays
8 + 10-12 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
II / 6 rays
8 - 9 (- 10) soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
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. 442
- Littmann, M.W.; Burr, B.M. & Buitrago-Suarez, U.A., 2001 "A new cryptic species of Sorubim Cuvier (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the upper and middle Amazon basin" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 151)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 342)
- Littmann, M.W., 2007 "Systematic review of the neotropical shovelnose catfish genus Sorubim Cuvier (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1422, P. 19)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 115)
- Queiroz, L.J. de; Torrente-Vilara, G.; Vieira, F.G.; Ohara, W.M.; Zuanon, J. & Doria, C.R.C., 2013 "Fishes of Cuniã Lake, Madeira River Basin, Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 9 No 3, P. 545)
- 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. 25)
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