Bunocephalus amaurus
Eigenmann, 1912
Synonyms
has Bunocephalus amaurus aloikae
has Bunocephalus amaurus sipaliwini
has Dysichthys amaurus
has Bunocephalus amaurus sipaliwini
has Dysichthys amaurus
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
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
- Hoedeman, J.J., 1961 "Notes on the ichthyology of Surinam and other Guianas. 8. Additional records of siluriform fishes" (Bulletin of Aquatic Biology) P. 130
- Mees, G.F., 1988 "The genera of the subfamily Bunocephalinae (Pisces, Nematognathi, Aspredinidae)" ( Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) P. 90
- Mees, G.F., 1989 "Notes on the genus Dysichthys, subfamily Bunocephalidae, family Aspridinidae (Pisces, Nematognathi)" (Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) P. 216
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 262
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1912 "The Freshwater Fishes of British Guiana, including a Study of the ecological Grouping of Species, and the Relation of the Fauna of the Plateau to that of the Lowlands" (Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 5, P. 126)
- Ibarra, M. & Stewart, D.J., 1987 "Catalogue of type specimens of recent fishes in Field Museum of Natural History" (Field Museum of Natural History, Vol. 35, P. 19)
- Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 58)
- Cardoso, A.R., 2010 "Bunocephalus erondinae, a new species of banjo catfish from southern Brazil (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 8 No. 3, P. 612)
- Carvalho, T.P.; Cardoso, A.R.; Friel, J.P. & Reis, R.E., 2015 "Two new species of the banjo catfish Bunocephalus Kner (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the upper and middle rio São Francisco basins, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 13 No. 3, P. 509)
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