according to the origin Peru
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
176.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
I / 9 rays
greatly incised / concave
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 6 rays
greatly incised / concave
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 6 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. 436
- Eigenmann, Carl H. & Allen, William R., 1942 "Annotated List of the Species" (Fishes of Western South America, P. 107)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 332)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 114)
- 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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for the pictures
1, 2, 3
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