Homodiaetus banguela
Koch, 2002
banguela - toothless, because of the missing teeth in the fifth keratobranchial
Synonyms
Kandiru jardimský
Length (total)
approx. 4 cm
Standard length (documented)
31.8 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
iv / 4 rays
15 - 17 soft rays
slightly incised / concave
v - vi / 5 - 6 rays
5 soft rays
ii / 4 rays
15 - 17 soft rays
slightly incised / concave
v - vi / 5 - 6 rays
5 soft rays
ii / 4 rays
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
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- 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
- Koch, W.R., 2002 "Revisão taxonômica do gênero Homodiaetus (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae)" (Iheringia, Vol. 9s No. 3, P. 42)
- 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. 944)
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