Cetopsis motatanensis
Schultz, 1944
according to the origin río Motatán
Synonyms
Pseudocetopsis plumbeus motatanensis
Pseudocetopsis motatanensis
Bagre ciego
Ciego
Pseudocetopsis motatanensis
Bagre ciego
Ciego
Length (total)
approx. 18 cm
Standard length (documented)
155.0 mm
Flow
strong
Substrate
coarse gravel, rubble
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
not known
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- Schultz, Leonard P., 1944 "The catfishes of Venezuela, with descriptions of thirty-eight new forms" (Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 94, P. 255)
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- 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)
- 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. 804)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 84)
- 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)
- Abrahão, V.P.; Mol, J. & Pinna, M. de, 2019 "A new species of Cetopsis from the Guiana Shield (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae)" (abstract) (Zootaxa, Vol. 4664 No. 2, P. 231)
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27.09.2025