Cheirocerus eques
Eigenmann, 1917
(Type species)
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 18 cm
Standard length (documented)
138.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Sucumbíos, Orellana, Pastaza, Purús, Rondônia, Amazonas, Federico Román, Vaca Díez
Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
río Mamoré ⇒ rio Madeira | río Napo ⇒ Amazonas → Atlantic NE
˜[ -10.387,-65.391 ]
High above sea level
200 - 300 m
Flow
strong
Substrate
sand
Chironomidae (Chironomidae), ostracods (Ostracoden), ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera) (larvae)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
iv - v / 6 - 7 (- 8) rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
10 (- 11) soft rays
iv - v / 6 - 7 (- 8) rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
10 (- 11) 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. 435
- Eigenmann, Carl H., 1917 "New and Rare Species of South American Siluridae in the Carnegie Museum" (Annals of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 11, P. 398)
- Stewart,D.J. & Pavlik,M.J., 1985 "Revision of Cheirocerus (Pisces: Pimelodidae) from Tropical Freshwaters of South America" (Copeia, Vol. 1985 No. 2, P. 361)
- Ibarra, M. & Stewart, D.J., 1987 "Catalogue of type specimens of recent fishes in Field Museum of Natural History" (Field Museum of Natural History, Vol. 35, P. 23)
- 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. 25)
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Carvalho et. al., 2009 (PD)
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