Cephalosilurus apurensis
Mees, 1978
according to the origin Apure
Synonyms
Apure Jelly Catfish
Orange Catfish
Pseudopimelodus apurensis
Orange Catfish
Pseudopimelodus apurensis
Length (total)
approx. 60 cm
Standard length (documented)
482.0 mm
Recommended tank size
300 cm
Type of water
Black water
Flow
small
Substrate
mud
In water
foliage
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
iii / 8 rays
22 soft rays
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
22 soft rays
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
20/March/2021
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 402
- Mees, G.F., 1978 "Two new species of Pimelodidae from North-Western South America (Pisces, Nematognathi)" (Zoologische Mededelingen, Vol. 53 Nr. 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. 353)
- Ricardo, E.; Martinez, M.; Nirchio, M.; Granado, A.; Foresti, F. & Oliveira, C., 2008 "Cytogenetic analysis of three catfish species of the family Pseudopimelodidae (Teleostei, Siluriformes)" (Genetics and Molecular Biology, Vol. 31 No. 3, P. 692)
- 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)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Ballen, G.A.; Herrera-R, G.A.; Zamudio, J., Herrera-Collazos; E.E.; DoNascimiento, C.; Prada-Pedreros, S. & Maldonado-Ocampo, A., 2018 "Fishes of the Cusiana River (Meta River basin, Colombia), with an identification key to its species" (ZooKeys, No. 733, P. 80)
- Ros, Christopher & Ros, Wolfgang "Cephalosilurus nigricaudus und seine Abgrenzung zu Cephalosilurus apurensis"
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