Synonyms
has Bunocephalus bicolor
has Bunocephalus haggini
has Dysichthys coracoideus
Zweifarbiger Bratpfannenwels
has Bunocephalus haggini
has Dysichthys coracoideus
Zweifarbiger Bratpfannenwels
Length (total)
approx. 13 cm
Standard length (documented)
115.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
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- Mees, G.F., 1989 "Notes on the genus Dysichthys, subfamily Bunocephalidae, family Aspridinidae (Pisces, Nematognathi)" (Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) P. 207
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 263
- Cope, E. D., 1874 "On some Batrachia and Nematognathi brought from the Upper Amazon by Prof. Orton" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 26, P. 133)
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1882 "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flussfische Südamerikas IV." (Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 19, P. 176)
- Eigenmann, C.H. & Allen, W.R., 1942 "Annotated List of the Species" (Fishes of Western South America, P. 85)
- Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
- López, H.L.; Miquelarena,A.M. & Menni, R.C., 2003 "Lista comentada de los peces continentales de la Argentina" (ProBiota, Serie Técnica y Didáctica, No. 5, P. 64)
- Menni, R.C., 2004 "Peces y ambientes en la Argentina continental" (Monografías del Museo Argentina Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, No. 5, P. 82)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 59)
- 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)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 110)
- 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. 510)
- 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. 84)
- Esguícero, A.L.H.; Corrêa e Castro, R.M. & Pereira, T.N.A., 2020 "Bunocephalus hertzi, a new banjo catfish from the upper Rio Paraná basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae), with the redescription of Bunocephalus larai Ihering, 1930" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4742 No. 1, P. 114)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Steindachner, Franz (1879) (PD)
1, 2, 3
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