Cetopsidium orientale
Vari, Ferraris & Keith, 2003
(Type species)
orientale (lat.) - eastern
Synonyms
Pseudocetopsis orientale
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Standard length (documented)
49.0 mm
Brokopondo, Marowijne, Commewijne, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Cayenne, Nickerie
French Guiana, Suriname
Approuague River | Marowijne River | Orapu River → Oyak River → Mahury River | Zuid River → Lucie River → Corantijn River | Mindrineti River → Saramacca River ⇒ Atlantic NE
[ 5.119,-55.283 ]
(Prefered) River depth
0.10 - 0.60 m
Locality
under foliage
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
small
Substrate
sand, mud
On the riverbank
forest
Eats plants
not known
unknown
not known
- Vari, R.P., Ferraris, C.J.Jr. & Keith, P., 2003 "A new Pseudocetopsis species (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae) from Suriname and French Guiana" (Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 16 No. 3, P. 693)
- Vari, R.P.; Ferraris, C.J.Jr. & Pinna, M.C.C.de, 2005 "The Neotropical whale catfishes (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae), a revisionary study" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 3 No. 2)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 130)
- Pinna, M.C.C. de, Ferraris, C.J.Jr. & Vari, R.P., 2007 "A phylogenetic study of the neotropical catfish family Cetopsidae (Osteichthyes, Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a new classification" (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 150 No. 4, P. 802)
- Vari, R.P. & Ferraris, C.J.Jr., 2009 "New species of Cetopsidium (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae) from the upper rio Branco system in Guyana" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 7 No. 3, P. 290)
- Brosse, S.; Melki, F. & Vigouroux, R., 2019 "Fishes of the Mitaraka Mountains (French Guiana)" (abstract) (Zoosystema, Vol. 41 No. 8, P. 134)
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