Bunocephalus hertzi
Esguícero, Corrêa e Castro & Pereira, 2020
dedicated Hertz Figueiredo dos Santos
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Standard length (documented)
59.1 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul
Brazil
rio das Cinzas → rio Paranapanema | rio Espírito Santo → rio Paranaíba | rio Mojiguaçu → rio Pardo → rio Grande | rio Brilhante → rio Ivinhema ⇒ río Paraná → río de la Plata → Atlantic SE
[ -21.612,-47.819 ]
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
- 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. 105)
- Dagosta,F.C; Monção,M.S; Nagamatsu,B.A; Pavanelli,C.S; Carvalho,F.R; Lima,F,C.T; Langeani,F; Dutra,G.M; Ota, R.R; Seren,T.J; Tagliacollo,V; Menezes, N.A; Britski,H.A & Pinna M, 2024 "Fishes of the upper rio Paraná basin: diversity, biogeography and conservation" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 22 No. 1)
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