Rhamdella longiuscula

Lucena & da Silva, 1991
 
longiuscula (lat.) - little longer; with respect to the upper fin lobe of the caudal in comparison to Rhamdella eriarcha
 
Genus
Synonyms
Bagrecito
Length (total)
approx.  18 cm
Standard length (documented)
142.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm

Rio Grande do Sul, Misiones,Artigas, Salto, Paysandú, Río Negro, Rivera, Tacuarembó, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Cerro Largo, Treinta y tres, Lavalleja

Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay

rio Itati → arroio Jatuacá → rio Piratini | rio Ibicuí ⇒ rio Uruguai = río Uruguay → río de la Plata | canal São Gonçalo → lagoa dos Patos ⇒ Atlantic SE

˜[ -28.127,-55.333 ]
Map to Rhamdella longiuscula
Habitat river width
< 5.00 m
(Prefered) River depth
< 1.50 m
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
strong
Substrate
sand, rocks
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
 
 
13 - 16 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
II / 6 (- 7) rays
7 - 8 (- 9) soft rays
Sympatric with
Ancistrus taunayi
Heptapterus mustelinus
Microglanis cottoides
Astyanax eigenmanniorum
Astyanax scabripinnis
Bryconamericus iheringii
Characidium pterostictum
Characidium tenuis
Charax stenopterus
Cheirodon interruptus
Crenicichla sp.
Eigenmannia virescens
Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys
Gymnogeophagus meridionalis
Gymnotus sp.
Hyphessobrycon luetkeni
Hyphessobrycon meridionalis
Jobertina teaguei
Odontostilbe calliurus
Pseudocorynopoma doriae
Rhamdia sp.
Rineloricaria sp.
Scleronema sp.
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
  • Miquelarena, A.M. & Menni, R.C. , 1999 "Rhamdella aymarae, a new species from the Itiyuro River, northern Argentina (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters) P. 207
  • 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
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