Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
155.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
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. 412
- Boeseman, M., 1953 "Scientific results of the Surinam Expedition 1948-1949. Part II. Zoology No. 2. The Fishes (I)" (Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden), Vol. 32 No. 1, P. 1)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 184)
- Azpelicueta, M. de las M.; Aguilera, G. & Mirande, J.M., 2011 "Heptapterus mbya (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae), a new species of catfish from the Paraná River basin, in Argentina" (Revue Suisse de Zoologie, Vol. 118 No. 2, P. 326)
- Aguilera, G.; Mirande, J.M. & Azpelicueta, M., 2011 "A new species of Heptapterus Bleeker 1858 (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from the Rio Sali basin, north-western Argentina" (Journal of Fish Biology, Vol. 78 No. 1, P. 243)
- Melo, B.F.; Benine, R.C.; Britzke R., Gama, C.S. & Oliveira, C. , 2016 "An inventory of coastal freshwater fishes from Amapá highlighting the occurrence of eight new records for Brazil" (ZooKeys, 606, P. 134)
- Faustino-Fuster, D.R.; Bockmann, F.A. & Malabarba, L.R., 2019 "Two new species of Heptapterus Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Uruguay River basin, Brazil" (Journal of Fish Biology, P. 3)
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