according to the origin Potaro River
Synonyms
unknown
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
16 - 21 soft rays
6 - 8 soft rays
16 - 21 soft rays
6 - 8 soft rays
Sympatric with
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. 415
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1912 "The Freshwater Fishes of British Guiana" (Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 5, P. 159)
- 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. 58)
- Ferraris, C.J. Jr. & Vari, R.P. , 1992 "Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution" (Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 535, P. 34)
- Chang, F., 1999 "New species of Myoglanis (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) from the Río Amazonas, Peru" (Copeia, Vol. 1999 No. 2, P. 437)
- DoNascimiento, C. & Lundberg, J.G., 2005 "Myoglanis aspredinoides (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae), a new catfish from the Río Ventuari, Venezuela" (Zootaxa, No. 1009, P. 39)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 187)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Eigenmann, Carl H. (PD)
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