Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
incised / concave, pointed
I / 8 rays
slightly convex
incised / concave, pointed
I / 8 rays
slightly convex
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. 410
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1912 "The Freshwater Fishes of British Guiana, including a Study of the ecological Grouping of Species, and the Relation of the Fauna of the Plateau to that of the Lowlands" (Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 5, P. 157)
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1910 "Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of tropical and south temperate America" (Indiana University, P. 384)
- 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. 17)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 181)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Eigenmann, Carl H. (PD)
1, 2, 3
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