Scoloplax empousa
Schaefer, Weitzman & Britski, 1989
empousa (gr.) - goblin; because of the bizarre appearance
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 3 cm
Standard length (documented)
19.9 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
(5 -) 6 soft rays
4 soft rays
(4 -) 5 soft rays
4 - 5 soft rays
4 soft rays
(4 -) 5 soft rays
4 - 5 soft rays
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
- de Pinna, M.C.C., 1998 "Phylogenetic relationships of neotropical Siluriformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi): historical overview and synthesis of hypotheses" (Phylogeny and classification of Neotropical fishes) P. 302
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 311
- Schaefer, S.A.; Weitzman, S.H. & Britski, H.A., 1989 "Review of the neotropical catfish genus Scoloplax (Pisces: Loricarioidea: Scoloplacidae) with comments on reductive characters in phylogenetic analysis" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 141, P. 194)
- Sazima, I.; Machado, F.A. & Zuanon, J.A.S., 2000 "Natural history of Scoloplax empousa (Scoloplacidae), a minute spiny catfish from the Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 11 No. 1, P. 89)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 367)
- Britski, H.A.; Silimon, K.Z.S. & Lopes, B.S., 2007 "Peixes do Pantanal-Manual de Identificação"
- Rocha, M.S.; Oliveira, R.R. de & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 2008 "Scolopax baskini: a new spiny dwarf catfish from rio Aripuanã, Amazonas, Brazil (Loricarioidei: Scoloplacidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol 6 No. 3, P. 326)
- Rocha, M.S.; Lazzarotto, H. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 2012 "A new species of Scoloplax with a remarkable new tooth morphology within Loricarioidea (Siluriformes: Scoloplacidae)" (Copeia, Vol. 2012 No. 4, P. 675)
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