Rhamdia macuspanensis
Weber & Wilkens, 1998
according to the origin Macuspana
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 16 cm
Standard length (documented)
138.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Grutas de Agua Blanca (endemic)
Tabasco
Mexico
[ 17.621,-92.473 ]
Locality
in a cave
Substrate
rocks
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
bat guano
Eats plants
not known
unknown
(14 -) 15 (- 16) soft rays
7 + 7-11 soft rays
greatly incised / concave
I / 6 rays
(8 -) 9 (- 10) soft rays
5 soft rays
7 + 7-11 soft rays
greatly incised / concave
I / 6 rays
(8 -) 9 (- 10) soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Bueno, J., 2005 "Biodiversidad del Estado de Tabasco" P. 234
- Trajano, E. & Elina, M., 2010 "Biology of Subterranean Fishes" P. 58
- 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)
- Romero, A. & Paulson, K.M., 2001 "It's a wonderful hypogean life: a guide to the troglomorphic fishes of the world" (Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 62, P. 27)
- Weber, A., Allegrucci, G. & Sbordoni, V., 2003 "Rhamdia laluchensis, a new species of troglobitic catfish (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from Chiapas, Mexico" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 14 No. 3, P. 278)
- 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. 199)
- Frota, A.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Petenucci, L.M. & Graça, W.J. da, 2016 "Inventory of the fish fauna from Ivaí River basin, Paraná State, Brazil" (Biota Neotropica, Vol. 16 No. 3, P. 7)
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