Bunocephalus doriae
Boulenger, 1902
dedicated Giacomo Doria (Museo di storia naturale Giacomo Doria, Genua)
Synonyms
has Bunocephalus retropinnis
has Dysichthys doriae
Guitarreiro-do-prata
Peixe-banjo
has Dysichthys doriae
Guitarreiro-do-prata
Peixe-banjo
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Standard length (documented)
83.0 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
- 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. 226
- 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
- Casciotta, J.R., Almirón, A.E. & Bechara, J.A., 2003 "Los peces de la laguna Iberiá" (Colección Universitaria Ciencias Naturales) P. 135
- Boulenger, G.A., 1902 "Descriptions of new fishes and reptiles discovered by Dr. F. Silvestri in South America" (The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology, Vol. 9 No. 7, P. 286)
- Aguilera, G.; Terán, G.; Alonso, F. & Mirande, J.M., 2016 "First record of the banjo catfish Bunocephalus doriae Boulenger 1902 (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) in the Bermejo River Basin, Salta, Argentina" (Check List, Vol 12 No. 3, P. 1888)
- Bertaco, V.A.; Ferrer, J.; Carvalho, F.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 2016 "Article Inventory of the freshwater fishes from a densely collected area in South America —a case study of the current knowledge of Neotropical fish diversity" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4138 No. 3, P. 415)
- 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. 115)
- Gimênes Junior, H. & Rech, R. , 2022 "Guia ilustrado dos peixes do Pantanal e entorno"
- Malabarba, L.R.;Hirschmann,A.; Lucena,C.A.S. de; Giora,J.; Wingert,J.M.; Ferrer,J.; Silva,P.C ; Angrizani,R.C.; Costa Ramos,R. da; Kullander,S.; Carvalho,T.P.; Bertaco,V.; Fialho,C.B. & Bonato,K.O., 2025 "Guia Peixes do Bioma Pampa"
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