Cetopsis candiru
Spix & Agassiz, 1829
(Type species)
Synonyms
Hemicetopsis candiru
Cetopsis spixii
Silurus candira
Silurus candiru
Candiru
Candiru açú
Candiru Cobra
Canero
Cetopsis spixii
Silurus candira
Silurus candiru
Candiru
Candiru açú
Candiru Cobra
Canero
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
263.0 mm
lower ➀ Amazonas = rio Solimões basin, ➀ rio Madeira, ➀ río Mamoré, ➀ río Madre de Dios, ➀ rio Purus = río Purús, ➀ rio Trombetas, ➀ rio Negro, ➀ río Ucayali, ➀ rio Tocantins, ➀ rio Araguaia, río Beni, rio Iça, igarapé Jacaré, lagoa Jacaretinga, rio Jauaperi = rio Juapiris, ➀ rio Juruá = río Yuruá, ➀ rio Jutaí, igarapé do Moreru, ➀ rio Pauini, río Santiago, río Tambopata, ➀ Amazonas = rio Solimões basin
Pará (BRA), Amazonas (BRA), Amazonas (PER), Acre, Tocantins
Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
Amazonas ➙ Atlantic NE
˜[ -2.433,-57.005 ]
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
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