Heptapterus tapanahoniensis
Mees, 1967
according to the origin Tapanahoni River
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 13 cm
Standard length (documented)
110.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Flow
strong
Substrate
rocks
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
(13 -) 14 - 15 soft rays
top and bottom approximately the same length
I / 6 rays
8 - 9 soft rays
5 soft rays
(13 -) 14 - 15 soft rays
top and bottom approximately the same length
I / 6 rays
8 - 9 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
Crenicichla multispinosa
Leporinus despaxi
Leporinus granti
Leporinus despaxi
Leporinus granti
not known
- Mees, G.F., 1986 "Records of Auchenipteridae and Pimelodidae from French Guiana (Pisces, Nematognathi)" (Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences)) P. 322
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 413
- Mees, G.F., 1967 "Freshwater fishes of Suriname: the genus Heptapterus (Pimelodidae)." (Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden), Vol. 42 No. 20, P. 215)
- Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
- 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)
- Aguilera, G.; Benitez, M.; Terán, G.E.; Alonso, F. & Mirande, J.M., 2017 "A new species of Heptapterus Bleeker 1858 (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from the Uruguay River Basin in Misiones, Northeastern Argentina" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4299 No. 4, P. 243)
- 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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