Rhamdella leptosoma
Fowler, 1914
leptos (gr.) - slender; soma (gr.) - body
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
iv / 8 rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
convex
9 soft rays
5 soft rays
iv / 8 rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
convex
9 soft rays
5 soft rays
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. 422
- Fowler, Henry W., 1914 "Fishes from the Rupununi River, British Guiana" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 66, P. 260)
- 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. 196)
- Bockmann, Flávio A. & Miquelarena, Amalia M., 2008 "Anatomy And Phylogenetic Relationships Of A New Catfish Species From Northeastern Argentina With Comments On The Phylogenetic Relationships Of The Genus Rhamdella Eigenmann And Eigenmann 1888 (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1780, P. 46)
- Slobodian, V.; Akama, A. & Dutra, G.M., 2017 "A new species of Pimelodella (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Guiana Shield, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4338 No. 1, P. 96)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Henry Fowler, 1915 (PD)
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