Scleronema guapa

Ferrer & Malabarba, 2020
Scleronema guapa
guapa (es) - beautiful person
 
Family
Trichomycteridae
 
Subfamily
Trichomycterinae
 
Genus
Scleronema
Synonyms
Bagrinho-da-areia
IUCN Red List:
least concern
Length (total)
approx.  5 cm
Standard length (documented)
42.3 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
sanga Santo Antônio near Rosário do Sul, sanga do Areal, arroio Capivara, arroio Jacaquá, unnamed creek to arroio São João, arroio Taquari (endemic)

Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil

sanga da Divisa → arroio do Cambeta → arroio Ibicuí da Faxina → rio Santa Maria | arroio Miracatu ⇒ rio Ibicuí → rio Uruguai = río Uruguay → río de la Plata → Atlantic SE

[ -30.295,-54.988 ]
Map to Scleronema guapa
Substrate
sand
 
Scleronema - overview of habitats
Water values South America
 
Scleronema - Overview of the natural diet
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
 
 
Caudal fin

Dorsal fin

Pectoral fins

Pelvic fins
(11 -) 12 soft rays
slightly convex
ii / (5 -) 7 (- 10) rays
slightly convex
(5 -) 6 soft rays
without filament 
I / 5 rays
 
Scleronema - overview of fins
Sympatric with
Scleronema operculatum
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
Pic. 2: Scleronema guapa
Pic. 3: Scleronema guapa just after the fixation in formalin, holotype (UFRGS 23500; 36.4 mm SL), Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul State, Rosário do Sul, sanga Santo Antônio, tributary to rio Ibicuí da Armada, lower rio Uruguay
Pic. 4: Scleronema guapa just after the fixation in formalin, paratype (UFRGS 18087, 32.0 mm SL), Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Rosário do Sul, sanga Santo Antônio, tributary to rio Ibicuí da Armada, lower rio Uruguay
Many thanks to
for the pictures
J. Ferrer & L.R. Malabarba (CC BY 4.0)
1, 2, 3, 4
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