Pterobunocephalus depressus
Haseman, 1911
(Type species)
depressus (lat.) - despress, because of the strongly depressed body
Synonyms
has Bunocephalus albifasciatus
has Bunocephalus depressus
has Dysichthys depressus
banjo
has Bunocephalus depressus
has Dysichthys depressus
banjo
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Standard length (documented)
89.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
Sympatric with
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. 233
- 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
- Haseman, John D., 1911 "Description of Some New Species of Fishes and Miscellaneous Notes on others Obtained on the Expedition of the Carnegie Museum to Central South America" (Annals of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 7, P. 319)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 62)
- Ciotek, L.; Giorgis, P.; Casciotta, J. & Almirón, A., 2008 "Presence of Pterobunocephalus depressus (Haseman, 1911) (Siluriformes, Aspredinidae) in freshwaters of Argentina" (Ichthyological Contributions of PecesCriollos, Vol. 9, P. 1)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 110)
- 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)
- Gimênes Junior, H. & Rech, R. , 2022 "Guia ilustrado dos peixes do Pantanal e entorno"
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Ingo Seidel
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