Cetopsis gobioides
Kner, 1858
from the genus Gobius
Synonyms
Cetopsis chalmersi
Pseudocetopsis gobioides
Silurus pygmaeus
Bagrecito
Candiru-açú
Tiburoncito
Pseudocetopsis gobioides
Silurus pygmaeus
Bagrecito
Candiru-açú
Tiburoncito
Length (total)
approx. 13 cm
Standard length (documented)
110.0 mm
➀ río Uruguay = rio Uruguai, ➀ río Paraná = rio Paraná, upper ➀ río Paraguay = rio Paraguai, ➀ rio Tietê, ribeirão Acorizal, rio Araguari, rio Cabo Verde, ➀ rio Corumbataí, rio Cuiabá = rio Canabu, río Forquilha, ➀ rio Juquiá, rio Mogi Guaçu, ➀ rio Paraopeba, rio Sapucaí, rio Turvo, ➀ rio das Velhas, ➀ río Uruguay = rio Uruguai -, ➀ río Paraná = rio Paraná -, upper ➀ rio São Francisco basin
Misiones, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Alto Paraná, Paysandú
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
rio Cuiabá → rio São Lourenço → río Paraguay | rio Paranaíba | rio Sapucaí | rio Pardo ⇒ rio Grande ⇒ río Paraná | río Inhanduva → río Uruguay ⇒ río de la Plata | rio Ribeira de Iguape | barragem de Três Marias ⇒ rio São Francisco ⇒ Atlantic SE
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
- Norman, J. R., 1926 "A new catfish of the genus Cetopsis from the Rio das Velhas, Brazil" (Annals and Magazine of Natural History) P. 116
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 259
- Kner, R., 1858 "Ichthyologische Beiträge" (Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Bd. 26, P. 407)
- 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, P. 168)
- Britski, H.A.; Silimon, K.Z.S. & Lopes, B.S., 2007 "Peixes do Pantanal-Manual de Identificação"
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 132)
- Bertaco, V.A.; Ferrer, J.; Carvalho, F.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 2016 "Article Inventory of the freshwater fishes from a densely collected area in South America —a case study of the current knowledge of Neotropical fish diversity" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4138 No. 3, P. 416)
- Abrahão, V.P. & Pinna, M.C.C. de, 2018 "Cetopsis varii, a new species of whale catfish (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae) from the Meta Basin, Colombia" (abstract) (Journal of Fish Biology, Vol. 93 No. 1, P. 117)
- 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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