according to the origin cisterns
Synonyms
unknown
data deficient
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Standard length (documented)
45.2 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
27 - 29 °C
pH
5.0 - 6.0
(Prefered) River depth
4.00 - 13.00 m
Locality
in a cave, under stones
Type of water
Clear water
Substrate
sand, mud, rocks
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
(19 -) 21 - 24 (- 25) soft rays
greatly convex
7 soft rays
4 soft rays
2 - 4 soft rays
greatly convex
7 soft rays
4 soft rays
2 - 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
- Goeldi, E.A., 1905 "Nova zoologica aus der Amazonas-Region. Neue Wirbeltiere" (Proceedings of the ... International Congress of Zoology) P. 547
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 416
- Romero, A. & Paulson, K.M., 2001 "It's a wonderful hypogean life: a guide to the troglomorphic fishes of the world" (Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 62, P. 26)
- Muriel-Cunha, J. & Pinna, M. de, 2005 "New data on cistern catfish, Phreatobius cisternarum, from subterranean waters at the mouth of the Amazon River (Siluriformes, Incertae Sedis)" (Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Vol. 45 No. 26)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 430)
- Shibatta, O.A.; Muriel-Cunha, J. & Pinna, M.C.C. de , 2007 "A new subterranean species of Phreatobius Goeldi, 1905 (Siluriformes, incertae sedis) from the southwestern Amazon basin" (Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Vol. 47, P. 191)
- Proudlove, G.S. "Subterranean fishes of the World. An account of the subterranean (hypogean) fishes described up to 2003 with a bibliography 1541-2004" (International Society for Subterrnaean Biology, Moulis, P. 129)
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