Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Standard length (documented)
45.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
8 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
7 soft rays
slightly convex
9 soft rays
6 soft rays
8 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
7 soft rays
slightly convex
9 soft rays
6 soft rays
Sympatric with
Boehlkea weitzmani
not known
- de Oliveira, J.C. & Britski , H.A., 2000 "Redescrição de Taunayia bifasciata (Eigenmann & Norris, 1900), comb. nova, um bagre enigmático do Estado de São Paulo (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae, Heptapterinae)" (Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia) P. 123
- 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
- Boulenger, G.A., 1887 "An Account of the Fishes collected by Mr. C. Buckley in Eastern Ecuador" (Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, P. 278)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 188)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 114)
- Soares, I.M.; Bertaco, V.A.; Ito, P.M.M. & Zuanon, J., 2017 "A new species of Boehlkea (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the rio Japurá, Amazon basin, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 15 No. 3)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
G. A. Boulenger (PD)
1, 2, 3
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