Cheirocerus abuelo
Schultz, 1944
Abuelo - granfahter; common name of this species
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
215.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Habitat river width
~60.00 m
(Prefered) River depth
~4.50 m
Substrate
mud, rocks
Eats plants
not known
unknown
v / 6 - 7 rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
(10 -) 11 (- 12) soft rays
5 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
(10 -) 11 (- 12) soft rays
5 soft 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. 435
- Schultz, Leonard P., 1944 "The catfishes of Venezuela, with descriptions of thirty-eight new forms" (Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 94, P. 191)
- 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. 80)
- Ferraris, C.J. Jr. & Vari, R.P. , 1992 "Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution" (Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 535, P. 38)
- Galvis, G.; Mojica, J.I.; & Camargo, M., 1997 "Peces del Catatumbo" (Asociación Cravo Norte, P. 365)
- 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)
- 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)
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