Synonyms
Heptapterus surinamensis
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
123.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
iii / 15 - 16 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
straight
8 soft rays
5 soft rays
iii / 15 - 16 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
straight
8 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. 412
- Bleeker, M.-P., 1862 "Descriptions de Quelques Espéces Nouvelles de Silures de Suriname" (Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Vol. 14, P. 387)
- Bleeker, P., 1864 "Description des especes de silures de suriname conservees aux musees de leioe et d'amsterdam"
- Van der Stigchel, J.W.R., 1946 "The South American Nematognathi of the Museums at Leiden and Amsterdam"
- Boeseman, M., 1972 "Notes On South American Catfishes, Including Remarks On Valencienne S And Bleeker Types In The Leiden Museum " (Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden), Vol. 47 No. 23, P. 311)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 183)
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