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
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