Rhamdia zongolicensis
Wilkens, 1993
according to the origin Sierra de Zongolica
Synonyms
Zongolica catfish
vulnerable
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
150.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Cueva del Túnel, Cueva del Ostoc ? (endemic)
Veracruz
Mexico
˜[ 18.667,-97.000 ]
Locality
in a cave
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
not known
- Wilkens, H., 1993 "A new species of Rhamdia (Pisces: Pimelodidae) from a cave in the Sierra de Zongolica (Veracruz, Mexico)" (Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut) P. 375
- Silfvergrip, A.M.C. , 1996 "A systematic revision of the neotropical catfish genus Rhamdia (Teleostei, Pimelodidae)" P. 87
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 423
- Romero, A. & Paulson, K.M., 2001 "It's a wonderful hypogean life: a guide to the troglomorphic fishes of the world" (Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 62, P. 27)
- Wilkens, H., 2001 "Convergent adaptations to cave life in the Rhamdia laticauda catfish group (Pimelodidae, Teleostei)" (Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 62, P. 252)
- Weber, A., Allegrucci, G. & Sbordoni, V., 2003 "Rhamdia laluchensis, a new species of troglobitic catfish (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from Chiapas, Mexico" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 14 No. 3, P. 278)
- Bichuette, Maria Elina & Trajano, Eleonora, 2005 "A new cave species of Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Serra do Ramalho, northeastern Brazil, with notes on ecology and behavior" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 3 No. 4, P. 588)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 199)
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