Batrochoglanis acanthochiroides
Güntert, 1942
Synonyms
Bagre sapo
Bumblebee Catfish
Hummelswels
Pseudopimelodus acanthochiroides
Pseudopimelodus raninus acanthochiroides
Pseudopimelodus villosus butcheri
Bumblebee Catfish
Hummelswels
Pseudopimelodus acanthochiroides
Pseudopimelodus raninus acanthochiroides
Pseudopimelodus villosus butcheri
Length (total)
approx. 80 cm
Standard length (documented)
172.0 mm
Recommended tank size
400 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Santander, Norte de Santander, Zulia, Táchira, Trujillo
Colombia, Venezuela
río Pamplonita → río Zulia → río Catatumbo | río Castán → río Motatán | río Motatán de los Negros ⇒ lago de Maracaibo → Caribic
˜[ 9.343,-72.047 ]
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
iv - v / 7 - 8 rays
12 - 13 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, round
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
12 - 13 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, round
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
not known
- Güntert, H., 1942 "Beschreibung einiger zum Teil noch unbekannter südamerikanischer Siluriden aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Basel" (Zoologischer Anzeiger) P. 37
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 401
- Schultz, Leonard P., 1944 "The catfishes of Venezuela, with descriptions of thirty-eight new forms" (Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 94, P. 199)
- Galvis, G.; Mojica, J.I.; & Camargo, M., 1997 "Peces del Catatumbo" (Asociación Cravo Norte, P. 68)
- Shibatta, O.A. & Benine, R.C., 2005 "A new species of Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, 3(4):579-585, P. 23)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 352)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 95)
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