Heptapterus mandimbusu
Aguilera, Benitez, Terán, Alonso & Mirande, 2017
mandí (Guaraní) - catfish; mbusu (Guaraní) - eel
Synonyms
ARG: bagre anguila
ARG: Heptapterus
ARG: Heptapterus
Length (total)
approx. 22 cm
Standard length (documented)
175.6 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
(Prefered) River depth
< 1.50 m
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
small
Substrate
rocks
On the riverbank
forest
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
Sympatric with
not known
- Aguilera, G.; Benitez, M.; Terán, G.E.; Alonso, F. & Mirande, J.M., 2017 "A new species of Heptapterus Bleeker 1858 (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from the Uruguay River Basin in Misiones, Northeastern Argentina" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4299 No. 4)
- Faustino-Fuster, D.R.; Bockmann, F.A. & Malabarba, L.R., 2019 "Two new species of Heptapterus Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Uruguay River basin, Brazil" (Journal of Fish Biology, P. 3)
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