Rhyacoglanis variolosus
Miranda Ribeiro, 2014
variolosus (lat.) - smallpox; because of the pustules on the head and body
Synonyms
Pseudopimelodus variolosus
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Standard length (documented)
55.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
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
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1914 "Pimelodidae, Trachycorystidae, Cetopsidae, Bunocephalidae, Auchenipteridae, e Hypophthalmidae" (Commissào de Linhas Telegraphicas Estrategicas de Matto-Grosso ao Amazonas) P. 4
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 404
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1953 "Tipos das espécies e subespécies do Prof. Alipio de Míranda Ribeiro depositados no Museu Nacional" (Arquivos do Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 42, P. 389)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 355)
- Shibatta, Oscar A. & Vari, Richard P., 2017 "A new genus of Neotropical rheophilic catfishes, with four new species (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Neotrop. ichthyol. vol.15 no.2, P. 17)
- Gimênes Junior, H. & Rech, R. , 2022 "Guia ilustrado dos peixes do Pantanal e entorno"
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Miranda Ribeiro, 1914 (PD)
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