Cetopsis plumbea
Steindachner, 1882
Synonyms
Cetopsis macroteronema
Hemicetopsis plumbeus
Pseudocetopsis plumbeus
Canero
Ciego
Hemicetopsis plumbeus
Pseudocetopsis plumbeus
Canero
Ciego
Length (total)
approx. 16 cm
Standard length (documented)
135.5 mm
río Bobonaza basin near Canelos, ➀ río Marañón, ➀ río Aguarico, río Alto Madre de Dios, río Boopi = río Choqueyapu, río Curaray = río Curary, río Mantaro, ➀ río Marcapata, río Nangaritza, río Nangariza = río Nangaritza, río Pastaza, río Payamino, río Pindo Grande, río Pucuno, río Suno, río Tutapischco, río Yuyapichis = río Llullapichis, río Zamora
Pastaza, La Paz, Napo, Amazonas (PER), Cajamarca, Cuzco, Huancavelica, Puno, Huanuco, Madre de Dios, Sucumbios
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
río Ene → río Tambo → río Ucayali | (río Pastaza | río Zamora → río Santiago) ⇒ río Marañón | (río Sono ⇒ río Napo) |(río Inambari ⇒ río Madre de Dios | río Alto Beni) ⇒ río Beni → rio Madeira ⇒ Amazonas → Atlantic NE
[ -1.589,-77.747 ]
(Prefered) River depth
< 1.00 m
Flow
normal
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
insects
Eats plants
not known
unknown
not known
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- 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)
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- 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)
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