Synonyms
Argus prenadilla
Bagre
Namaku
Bagre
Namaku
near threatened
Length (total)
approx. 23 cm
Standard length (documented)
20.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi
Ecuador
˜[ -0.683,-78.450 ]
High above sea level
> 5000 m
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
I / 6 rays
13 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
6 soft rays
I / 6 rays
13 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
6 soft rays
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 315
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des poissons, Vol. 15, P. 343)
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1883 "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Flussfische Südamerika's. IV" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe., Vol. 46, P. 20)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 316)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 66)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 112)
- Nugra, F.; Abad, D. & Zárate, E., 2018 "Guía De Peces Del Alto Nangaritza "
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Steindachner, Franz (1883) (PD)
1, 2, 3
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