Heptapterus qenqo
Aguilera, Mirande & Azpelicueta, 2011
qenqo (Quechua) - serpentine or sinuous; a swimming movement of this species
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
213.1 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Tucumán
Argentina
río la Angostura → río Romano | río Choromoro | río Medina ⇒ río Sali || embalse Escaba | río Medina → río Matazambi ⇒ río Marapa ⇒⇒ embalse río Hondo → río Dulce → laguna Mar Chiquita ↓
[ -26.381,-65.527 ]
Locality
under stones
Flow
normal - strong
Substrate
gravel, rocks
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
iv - v / (11 -) 12 (- 13) rays
13 soft rays
slightly convex
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 6 rays
7 soft rays
5 soft rays
iv - v / (11 -) 12 (- 13) rays
13 soft rays
slightly convex
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 6 rays
7 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Aguilera, G.; Mirande, J.M. & Azpelicueta, M., 2011 "A new species of Heptapterus Bleeker 1858 (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from the Rio Sali basin, north-western Argentina" (Journal of Fish Biology, Vol. 78 No. 1, P. 240)
- Azpelicueta, M. de las M.; Aguilera, G. & Mirande, J.M., 2011 "Heptapterus mbya (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae), a new species of catfish from the Paraná River basin, in Argentina" (Revue Suisse de Zoologie, Vol. 118 No. 2, P. 326)
- 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, P. 242)
- 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, P. 579)
- 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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