Synonyms
Moncholo Lagunero
Surubim dos rios Grande e Paranaíba
Surubim dos rios Grande e Paranaíba
endangered
Length (total)
approx. 85 cm
Standard length (documented)
774.0 mm
Recommended tank size
400 cm
Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Misiones, Artigas, Paraná
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
rio Paranapanema | rio Paranaíba ⇒ río Paraná ⇒ río de la Plata → Atlantic SE
˜[ -29.117,-56.547 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
i / 8 (- 10) rays
(14 -) 15 (- 16) soft rays
incised / concave
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / (6 -) 7 rays
9 (- 10) soft rays
5 soft rays
i / 8 (- 10) rays
(14 -) 15 (- 16) soft rays
incised / concave
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / (6 -) 7 rays
9 (- 10) soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
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. 443
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1918 "Tres generos e dezesete especies novas de peixes brasileiros determinados nas collecções do Museu Paulista" (Revista do Museu Paulista, Vol. 10)
- Sverlij, S.B.; Schenke, R.L.D. ; López, H.L. & Ros, A.E., 2015 "Peces del Río Uruguay"
- Frota, A.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Petenucci, L.M. & Graça, W.J. da, 2016 "Inventory of the fish fauna from Ivaí River basin, Paraná State, Brazil" (Biota Neotropica, Vol. 16 No. 3, P. 7)
- Bertaco, V.A.; Ferrer, J.; Carvalho, F.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 2016 "Article Inventory of the freshwater fishes from a densely collected area in South America —a case study of the current knowledge of Neotropical fish diversity" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4138 No. 3, P. 420)
- Nión, H.; Rios, C. & Meneses, P., 2016 "Peces del Uruguay - Lista sistemática y nombres comunes"
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 220)
- Ota, R.R.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Graça, W.J. da & Pavanelli, C.S., 2018 "Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 16 No. 2, P. 87)
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Evandro Carlos Wollmann (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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