Rhamdia nicaraguensis
Günther, 1864
according to the origin Nicaragua
Synonyms
Pimelodus managuensis
Pimelodus nicaraguensis
Rhamdia alfaroi
Rhamdia luigiana
Pimelodus nicaraguensis
Rhamdia alfaroi
Rhamdia luigiana
Length (total)
approx. 22 cm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
13 soft rays
I / 6 rays
convex
9 soft rays
13 soft rays
I / 6 rays
convex
9 soft rays
not known
- Villa, J., 1977 "A new species of pimelodid catfish of the genus Rhamdia from Nicaragua, Central America" (Brenesia) P. 133
- Silfvergrip, A.M.C. , 1996 "A systematic revision of the neotropical catfish genus Rhamdia (Teleostei, Pimelodidae)" P. 91
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 424
- Günther, Dr. Albert, 1864 "Siluridae" (Catalogue of the Physostomi in the Collection of the British Museum, P. 125)
- Günther, A., 1866 "On the fishes of the states of Central America, founded upon specimens collected in fresh and marine waters of various parts of that country by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. J. M. Dow" (Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 1866, P. 603)
- Fowler, H.W., 1932 "Notes on Fresh Water Fishes from Central America" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 84, P. 382)
- Bussing, W.A., 1998 "Peces de las aguas continentales de Costa Rica" (Revista de Biología Tropical, Vol. 46 No. 2, P. 1)
- Bussing, W.A., 1998 "Peces de las aguas continentales de Costa Rica" (Revista de Biología Tropical, Vol. 46 No. 2, P. 152)
- 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)
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