taxis (gr.) - row; stigma (gr.) - spot
Synonyms
Ochmacanthus taxistigma
Stegophilus taxistigmus
Stegophilus taxistigmus
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
III / 4 rays
III / 6 rays I
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
III / 6 rays I
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 274
- Fowler, H.W., 1914 "Fishes from the Rupununi River, British Guiana" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Vol. 66, P. 268)
- DoNascimiento, C. & Provenzano, F., 2006 "The Genus Henonemus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) with a Description of a New Species from Venezuela" (Copeia, Vol. 2006 No. 2, P. 198)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 406)
- DoNascimiento, 2015 "Morphological Evidence for the Monophyly of the Subfamily of Parasitic Catfishes Stegophilinae (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) and Phylogenetic Diagnoses of Its Genera" (Copeia, Vol. 103 No. 4, P. 943)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Henry Fowler, 1914 (PD)
1, 2
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