Rhamdia guatemalensis
Günther, 1864
according to the origin Guatemala
Synonyms
Pimelodus guatemalensis
has Pimelodus boucardi
has Pimelodus deppei
has Pimelodus godmanni
has Pimelodus micropterus
has Pimelodus wagneri
has Rhamdia barbata
has Rhamdia bransfordii
has Rhamdia depressa
has Rhamdia guatemalensis decolor
has Rhamdia guatemalensis muriei
has Rhamdia guatemalensis stygaea
has Rhamdia heteracantha
has Rhamdia nasuta
has Rhamdia oaxacae
Chuchin
Peten Catfish
has Pimelodus boucardi
has Pimelodus deppei
has Pimelodus godmanni
has Pimelodus micropterus
has Pimelodus wagneri
has Rhamdia barbata
has Rhamdia bransfordii
has Rhamdia depressa
has Rhamdia guatemalensis decolor
has Rhamdia guatemalensis muriei
has Rhamdia guatemalensis stygaea
has Rhamdia heteracantha
has Rhamdia nasuta
has Rhamdia oaxacae
Chuchin
Peten Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 31 cm
Recommended tank size
180 cm
Type of water
Clear water, Brackish water
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
13 soft rays
incised / concave, round
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 6 rays
slightly convex
9 soft rays
13 soft rays
incised / concave, round
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 6 rays
slightly convex
9 soft rays
Sympatric with
Astroblepus rivasae
Cetopsorhamdia molinae
Chaetostoma milesi
Chaetostoma thomsoni
Cochliodon hondae
Imparfinis lineatus
Lasiancistrus caucanus (L 312 / LDA 71)
Pimelodella floridablancaensis
Pimelodella yaharo
Pimelodus yuma
Sturisomatichthys leightoni
Trichomycterus banneaui
Trichomycterus betuliaensis
Trichomycterus mogotensis
Andinoacara latifrons
Apteronotus eschmeyeri
Cetopsorhamdia molinae
Chaetostoma milesi
Chaetostoma thomsoni
Cochliodon hondae
Imparfinis lineatus
Lasiancistrus caucanus (L 312 / LDA 71)
Pimelodella floridablancaensis
Pimelodella yaharo
Pimelodus yuma
Sturisomatichthys leightoni
Trichomycterus banneaui
Trichomycterus betuliaensis
Trichomycterus mogotensis
Andinoacara latifrons
Apteronotus eschmeyeri
Argopleura magdalenae
Astyanax sp.
Creagrutus affinis
Creagrutus dulima
Creagrutus magdalenae
Geophagus steindachneri
Gephyrocharax melanocheir
Hemibrycon sp.
Hoplias malabaricus
Kronoheros umbrifer
Microgenys minuta
Parodon magdalenensis
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia sphenops
Roeboides dayi
Sternopygus aequilabiatus
Astyanax sp.
Creagrutus affinis
Creagrutus dulima
Creagrutus magdalenae
Geophagus steindachneri
Gephyrocharax melanocheir
Hemibrycon sp.
Hoplias malabaricus
Kronoheros umbrifer
Microgenys minuta
Parodon magdalenensis
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia sphenops
Roeboides dayi
Sternopygus aequilabiatus
not known
- Silfvergrip, A.M.C. , 1996 "A systematic revision of the neotropical catfish genus Rhamdia (Teleostei, Pimelodidae)" P. 96
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 424
- Günther, Dr. Albert, 1864 "Siluridae" (Catalogue of the Physostomi in the Collection of the British Museum, P. 122)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 200)
- Hernández, C.L.; Lara, A.O.; Garcés, G.C.S. & Alford, M.H., 2015 "Genetic and morphometric evidence for the recognition of several recently synonymized species of Trans-Andean Rhamdia (Pisces: Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)" (Copeia, Vol. 103 No. 3, P. 576)
- Ribolli, J.; Scaranto, B.M.; Shibatta, O.A.; Bombardelli, R.A. & Zaniboni-Filho, E., 2017 "DNA barcoding confirms the occurrence of Rhamdia branneri and Rhamdia voulezi (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in the Iguaçu River basin" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 15 No. 1)
- 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. 92)
- Albornoz-Garzón, J.G.; Conde-Saldaña, C.C.; López-Delgado, E.O.; García-Melo, J.E. & Villa-Navarro, F.A., 2020 "Fishes from the Río Alvarado drainage, Upper Río Magdalena Basin, Colombia" (CheckList, P. 1184)
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