Pseudostegophilus paulensis
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918
according to the origin Estado de São Paulo
Synonyms
has Pseudostegophilus scarificator
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Standard length (documented)
54.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
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
- Ihering, R. von, 1930 "Notas ecologicas referentes a peixes d'agua doce do Estado de S. Paulo e descripção de 4 especies novas" (Archivos do Instituto Biológico, São Paulo) P. 100
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 277
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1918 "Lista dos peixes Brasileiros do Museu Paulista" (Revista do Museu Paulista, Vol. 10, P. 727)
- Kelley, W.E. & Atz, J.W., 1964 "A Pygidiid Catfish That Can Suck Blood from Goldfish" (Copeia, Vol. 1964 No. 4, P. 702)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 410)
- 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. 950)
- Dagosta,F.C; Monção,M.S; Nagamatsu,B.A; Pavanelli,C.S; Carvalho,F.R; Lima,F,C.T; Langeani,F; Dutra,G.M; Ota, R.R; Seren,T.J; Tagliacollo,V; Menezes, N.A; Britski,H.A & Pinna M, 2024 "Fishes of the upper rio Paraná basin: diversity, biogeography and conservation" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 22 No. 1)
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