Nannoxyropsis ephippia
Aquino & Pérez, 2016
ephippion (gr.) = saddle, because the saddle-like middorsal blotches
Synonyms
Oxyropsis ephippia
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Standard length (documented)
42.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Roraima
Guyana
Essequibo River ➙ Atlantic NE↓ Ireng River ➙ rio Takutu ➙ rio Branco ➙ rio Negro ➙ Amazonas
[ 4.054,-59.485 ]
Type of water
Clear water, Black water
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
not known
- Seidel, Ingo: "Welswelten – Wissenswertes, Neues und Ungewöhnliches"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Februar/März 2019) - Seidel, Ingo: "Ohrgitterwelse – Eine variable und systematisch schwierige Gruppe"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2022)
- Aquino, A.E.& Pérez, M.H.S. , 2016 "Oxyropsis ephippia, a New Hypoptopomatine Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Guyana" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4236 No. 1)
- Delapieve, M.L.S.; Lehmann, P. & Reis, R.E., 2017 "An appraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of Hypoptopomatini cascudinhos with description of two new genera and three new species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 15 No. 4)
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