Rhamdia guasarensis
Do Nascimiento, Provenzano & Lundberg, 2004
according to the origin Rio Guasare
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
106.8 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
High above sea level
~200 m
Habitat river width
2.00 - 3.00 m
Locality
in a cave
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
12 soft rays
(14 -) 15 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 6 rays
10 soft rays
5 soft rays
12 soft rays
(14 -) 15 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 6 rays
10 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Donascimiento, C.; Provenzano, F.; Lundberg, J.G., 2004 "Rhamdia Guasarensis (Siluriformes : Heptapteridae), A New Species Of Cave Catfish From The Sierra De Perija, Northwestern Venezuela" (Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 117, P. 565)
- Bichuette, Maria Elina & Trajano, Eleonora, 2005 "A new cave species of Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Serra do Ramalho, northeastern Brazil, with notes on ecology and behavior" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 3 No. 4, P. 588)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 198)
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08.01.2026