Rhamdia foina
Müller & Troschel, 1848
Synonyms
Pimelodus foina
Rhamdia holomelas rupununi
Rhamdia holomelas rupununi
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
165.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Substrate
rocks
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
iv / 8 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
straight
8 soft rays
5 soft rays
iv / 8 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
straight
8 soft rays
5 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
- Silfvergrip, A.M.C. , 1996 "A systematic revision of the neotropical catfish genus Rhamdia (Teleostei, Pimelodidae)" P. 76
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 423
- Schomburgk, M.R.. (nach Müller, J. & Troschel), 1848 "Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844 : nebst einer Fauna und Flora Guiana's nach Vorlagen von Johannes Müller, Ehrenberg, Erichson, Klotzsch, Troschel, Cabanis und Andern"
- Fowler, Henry W., 1914 "Fishes from the Rupununi River, British Guiana" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 56, P. 258)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 197)
- Garavello, J.C. & Shibatta, O.A., 2016 "Reappraisal of Rhamdia branneri Haseman, 1911 and R. voulezi Haseman, 1911 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the rio Iguaçu with notes on their morphometry and karyotype" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 14 No. 1, P. 14)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Henry Fowler, 1914 (PD)
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