Brachyrhamdia heteropleura
Eigenmann, 1912
Synonyms
Pimelodus heteropleurus
Length (total)
approx. 5 cm
Standard length (documented)
43.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
11 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
convex
11 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
convex
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. 410
- Seidel, Ingo: "Bloß nicht auffallen!"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Oktober/November 2018)
- 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. 176)
- Mees, G.F., 1985 "Further Records of Auchenipteridae and Pimelodidae from Suriname (Pisces: Nematognathi)" (Zoologische Mededelingen, Vol. 59 No. 21, P. 242)
- 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. 66)
- 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)
- Slobodian, F.A. & Bockmann, V., 2013 "A new Brachyrhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Rio Japurá basin, Brazil, with comments on its phylogenetic affinities, biogeography and mimicry in the genus" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3717 No. 1, P. 20)
- PCF
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for the pictures
G. Germeau (CC BY-NC 3.0)
1, 2
Eigenmann, Carl H. (PD)
3
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