Heptapterus mbya
Azpelicueta, Aguilera & Mirande, 2011
mbya (Guaraní) - aborigines of Cuña-Pirú Valley
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
165.8 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
18 - 20 °C
pH
6.0 - 6.5
Conductivity
81 - µS/cm
(Prefered) River depth
~1.00 m
Flow
small
Substrate
sand
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
iii - v / (11 -) 12 (- 13) rays
6 - 7 soft rays
little longer at the top than at the bottom
7 soft rays
(6 -) 7 (- 8) soft rays
6 soft rays
iii - v / (11 -) 12 (- 13) rays
6 - 7 soft rays
little longer at the top than at the bottom
7 soft rays
(6 -) 7 (- 8) soft rays
6 soft rays
not known
- 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. 1)
- 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. 501)
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