Horiomyzon retropinnatus
Stewart, 1986
(Type species)
retro (lat.) - backwards, pinna (lat.) - fin
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 4 cm
Standard length (documented)
23.3 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
High above sea level
~200 m
(Prefered) River depth
3.00 - 7.00 m
Flow
strong
Substrate
sand
In water
foliage
Nutrition (mostly): insect-eater
insect larvaes
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
v / 5 rays
5 + 6 soft rays
incised / concave
I / 6 rays
8 soft rays
4 soft rays
v / 5 rays
5 + 6 soft rays
incised / concave
I / 6 rays
8 soft rays
4 soft rays
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. 413
- Steward, D.J., 1986 "A new pimelodid catfish from the deep-river channel of the Río Napo, eastern Ecuador (Pisces: Pimelodidae)" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 138 No. 1, P. 46)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 185)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 114)
- Queiroz, L.J.; Torrente-Vilara, G.; Ohara, W.M.; Silva Pires, T.H. da; Zuanon, J. & Costa Doria, C.R., 2013 "Peixes do rio Madeira"
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