latus (lat.) = broad, cauda = caudal fin
Synonyms
Pimelodus laticaudus
has Pimelodus brachycephalus
has Pimelodus brachypterus
has Pimelodus hypselurus
has Pimelodus motaguensis
has Pimelodus petenensis
has Pimelodus polycaulus
has Pimelodus rogersi
has Pimelodus salvini
has Rhamdia amatitlanensis
has Rhamdia brachypterus
has Rhamdia cabrerae
has Rhamdia laticauda typhla
has Rhamdia regani
has Rhamdia sacrificii
has Rhamdia underwoodi
barbudo (COS)
Langflossen-Antennenwels
has Pimelodus brachycephalus
has Pimelodus brachypterus
has Pimelodus hypselurus
has Pimelodus motaguensis
has Pimelodus petenensis
has Pimelodus polycaulus
has Pimelodus rogersi
has Pimelodus salvini
has Rhamdia amatitlanensis
has Rhamdia brachypterus
has Rhamdia cabrerae
has Rhamdia laticauda typhla
has Rhamdia regani
has Rhamdia sacrificii
has Rhamdia underwoodi
barbudo (COS)
Langflossen-Antennenwels
Length (total)
approx. 35 cm
Recommended tank size
250 cm
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
11 - 13 soft rays
17 soft rays
I / 6 rays
8 - 9 soft rays
6 soft rays
11 - 13 soft rays
17 soft rays
I / 6 rays
8 - 9 soft rays
6 soft rays
not known
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- Greenfield, D.W. & Thomerson, J.E., 1997 "Fishes of the continental waters of Belize" P. 86
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- Kner, R., 1857 "Ichthyologische Beiträge" (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Bd. 26, P. 420)
- Günther, A.C.L.G., 1859 "Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum"
- Günther, A.C.L.G., 1859 "Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum"
- Günther, A.C.L.G., 1859 "Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum"
- Günther, A.C.L.G., 1859 "Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum"
- Barbour, T. & Cole, L.J., 1906 "Reptilia, Amphibia, and Pisces" (Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Vol. 50, P. 156)
- Regan, C.T., 1907 "Descriptions of six new freshwater fishes from Mexico and Central America" (The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology, Vol. 19 Ser. 7 No. 111, P. 258)
- Meek, S.E., 1907 "Notes on fresh-water fishes from Mexico and Central America" (Field Columbian Museum, Vol. 7 No. 5, P. 144)
- Regan, C.T., 1907 "Descriptions of six new freshwater fishes from Mexico and Central America" (The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology, Vol. 19 Ser. 7 No. 111, P. 259)
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- Fowler, H.W., 1935 "Fresh-water fishes obtained in Guatemala by Mr. Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee in 1935" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 87, P. 518)
- Espinosa, H.; Teresa, G.-D.Ma. & Fuentes M., P., 1993 "Los Peces Dulceacuícolas Mexicanos" (Listados Faunísticos III., P. 29)
- Weber, A. & Wilkens, H. , 1998 "Rhamdia macuspanensis: a new species of troglobitic pimelodid catfish (Siluriformes; Pimelodidae) from a cave in Tabasco, Mexico" (Copeia, Vol. 1998 No. 4, P. 998)
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