Rhamdia cinerascens
Günther, 1860
Synonyms
Pimelodus cinerascens
Length (total)
approx. 27 cm
Standard length (documented)
228.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Guayaquil, Esmeradas
Ecuador
˜[ 0.944,-79.642 ]
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
iv / 9 rays
greatly incised / concave, round
I / 6 rays
9 soft rays
5 soft rays
iv / 9 rays
greatly incised / concave, round
I / 6 rays
9 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Silfvergrip, A.M.C. , 1996 "A systematic revision of the neotropical catfish genus Rhamdia (Teleostei, Pimelodidae)" P. 134
- 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, A., 1860 "Third list of cold-blooded vertebrata collected by Mr. Fraser in Ecuador" (Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 28, P. 237)
- Perdices, A.; Bermingham, E.; Montilla, A. & Doadrio, I., 2002 "Evolutionary history of the genus Rhamdia (Teleostei: Pimelodidae) in Central America" (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 25 No. 1, P. 174)
- 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)
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