Scleronema angustirostre
Scleronema minutum

Boulenger, 1891
Scleronema minutum
 
Subfamily
 
Genus
Length (total)
approx.  5 cm
Standard length (documented)
40.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm

Rio Negro, Tacuarembó, Soriano, Durazno, Cerro Largo, Rivera, Florida, Treinta y Tres, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Paysandú, Rio Grande do Sul, Entre Rios, Corrientes

Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay

río Yaguarón Chico | arroio Telho ⇒ río Yaguarón | (arroyo de las Pavas → río Olimar | arroyo Aiguá → arroyo del Alferez | arroyo de Godoy → arroyo de los Molles → arroyo de los Tapes de Godoy → arroyo Malo ⇒ río Cebollatí) ⇒ laguna Merín ⇒ canal São Gonçalo | rio Camaquã | (( rio Cadeia → rio Caí | rio Vacacaí ⇒ arroio dos Ratos → rio Jacuí ) ⇒ rio Guaíba ) ⇒ lagoa dos Patos | (arroio Grande | arroio Piraí | (arroyo Salispuedes → arroyo Cunapiru ⇒ río Tacuarembó )| arroyo Tupambaé ⇒ río Negro | rio Santa Maria → rio Ibicuí ⇒ río Uruguay | río Paraná ⇒ río de la Plata )⇒ Atlantic SE

˜[ -31.359,-51.986 ]
Map to Scleronema minutum
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
 
 
6 soft rays
greatly convex
8 soft rays
straight
Sympatric with
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
  • Casciotta, J.R. & Almirón, A.E., 1996 "Scleronema minutum (Boulenger) y Ochmacanthus batrachostoma (M. Ribeiro) (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), dos citas nuevas para la cuenca del Palta en Argentina" (Neotropica) P. 52
  • Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 278
Pic. 2: Scleronema minutum
Pic. 3: Scleronema minutum (MCP 17514; 39.8 mm SL), Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, São Lourenço do Sul, arroio São Lourenço, laguna dos
Patos system
Pic. 4: Scleronema minutum, lectotype of Trichomycterus minutus (BMNH 1891.3.16.84; 32.4 mm SL), Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, São Lourenço do Sul, stream tributary to laguna dos Patos. Photograph taken by Sandra Raredon
Pic. 5: Scleronema minutum
Pic. 6: Scleronema minutum
Many thanks to
for the pictures
G. A. Boulenger (1891) (PD)
5, 6
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