Hoplomyzon sexpapilostoma
Taphorn & Marrero, 1990
sex (lat.) - six; papilo (lat.) - papilla; stoma (gr.) - mouth
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 4 cm
Standard length (documented)
32.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Barinas, Portuguesa, Táchira, Trujillo
Colombia, Venezuela
río Chabasquen ⇒ río Guanare ⇒ río Portuguesa | río Torbes = río Frio → río Uribante |río Masparro ⇒ río Apure → río Orinoco → Caribic
[ 8.844,-70.100 ]
High above sea level
90 - 600 m
Substrate
gravel, sand
In water
foliage
Eats plants
not known
unknown
Sympatric with
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. 264
- Taphorn, D.C. & Marrero, C., 1990 "Hoplomyzon sexpapilostoma, a new species of Venezuelan catfish (Pisces: Aspredinidae), with comments on the Hoplomyzontini" (Fieldiana Zoology, No. 61, P. 1)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 61)
- Carvalho, T.P.; Reis, R.E. & Friel, J.P., 2017 "A new species of Hoplomyzon (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela: osteological description using high-resolution computed microtomography of a miniature species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 15 No. 1, P. 15)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 85)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Ballen, G.A.; Herrera-R, G.A.; Zamudio, J., Herrera-Collazos; E.E.; DoNascimiento, C.; Prada-Pedreros, S. & Maldonado-Ocampo, A., 2018 "Fishes of the Cusiana River (Meta River basin, Colombia), with an identification key to its species" (ZooKeys, No. 733, P. 76)
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