Eurycheilichthys limulus
Reis & Schaefer, 1998
limula (lat.) - scraper, grinder
Synonyms
unknown
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Standard length (documented)
47.9 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
16 - 21 °C
rio Jacuí, arroio Bertolina, arroio Bonito, arroio Carreta Quebrada, arroio Chifranzinho, quebrada Dentes = arroio Quebrada Dentes, arroio Despraiado, arroio Espraiado, arroio Estivinha, arroio das Figueiras, rio da Gloria = rio Umbu, unnamed creek to rio Ingaí, rio Lageado Fortaleza, rio Lajeado das Pedras, arroio Passo das Éguas, arroio Passo do Erval, rio Passo Novo, arroio Pessegueiro, rio Pinheirinho, arroio Pinheiro Torto = arroio Pinheiro, arroio Tipiaia = arroio Passo dos Buracos
Rio Jaquí, rio Umbu, rio Caixões, rio Jacuizinho, rio Marcego, rio Turvo, rio Quati, rio Santa Clara, rio Valoroso, rio Divinéia, rio Paz, rio Angico (endemic)
Rio Jaquí, rio Umbu, rio Caixões, rio Jacuizinho, rio Marcego, rio Turvo, rio Quati, rio Santa Clara, rio Valoroso, rio Divinéia, rio Paz, rio Angico (endemic)
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
arroio Espraiado | rio da Gloria ⇒ río Jacuí-mirim | rio Ingaí | rio Ivaí | rio Jacuizinho ⇒ rio Jacuí → rio Guaíba → lagoa dos Patos → Atlantic SE
[ -28.303,-52.302 ]
Habitat river width
3.00 - 5.00 m
Locality
of vegetation, on foliage
Flow
normal
Substrate
rocks
In water
submerged grasses
On the riverbank
shrubbery
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
detritus, Simuliidae (Simuliidae) (larvae), diatoms (Bacillariophyceae)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
absent
5 soft rays
(12 -) 14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
(6 -) 7 soft rays
(6 -) 7 soft rays
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
(12 -) 14 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
(6 -) 7 soft rays
(6 -) 7 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
Ancistrus brevipinnis
Cambeva poikilos
Hemiancistrus punctulatus
Heptapterus mustelinus
Hisonotus armatus
Hisonotus brunneus
Hisonotus brunneus
Hypostomus commersonii
Neoplecostomus microps (LDA 34)
Pimelodus pintado
Rhamdella eriarcha
Rhamdia quelen
Rineloricaria cadeae
Rineloricaria microlepidogaster
Astyanax lacustris
Astyanax laticeps
Astyanax obscurus
Astyanax procerus
Astyanax xiru
Austrloheros sp.
Bryconamericus iheringii
Cambeva poikilos
Hemiancistrus punctulatus
Heptapterus mustelinus
Hisonotus armatus
Hisonotus brunneus
Hisonotus brunneus
Hypostomus commersonii
Neoplecostomus microps (LDA 34)
Pimelodus pintado
Rhamdella eriarcha
Rhamdia quelen
Rineloricaria cadeae
Rineloricaria microlepidogaster
Astyanax lacustris
Astyanax laticeps
Astyanax obscurus
Astyanax procerus
Astyanax xiru
Austrloheros sp.
Bryconamericus iheringii
Bryconamericus sp.
Characidium orientale
Characidium pterostictum
Crenicichla lepidota
Crenicichla punctata
Diapoma alburnus
Diapoma dicropotamicus
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys
Gymnogeophagus labiatus
Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus
Gymnotus sp. aff. carapo
Heptapterus sp.
Hoplias malabaricus
Ituglanis sp.
Oligosarcus jacuiensis
Oligosarcus jenynsii
Phalloceros caudimaculatus
Phalloceros spiloura
Synbranchus marmoratus
Characidium orientale
Characidium pterostictum
Crenicichla lepidota
Crenicichla punctata
Diapoma alburnus
Diapoma dicropotamicus
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys
Gymnogeophagus labiatus
Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus
Gymnotus sp. aff. carapo
Heptapterus sp.
Hoplias malabaricus
Ituglanis sp.
Oligosarcus jacuiensis
Oligosarcus jenynsii
Phalloceros caudimaculatus
Phalloceros spiloura
Synbranchus marmoratus
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 322
- Reis & Schaefer, 1998 "New Cascudinhos from Southern Brazil: Systematics, Endemism, and Relationships (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Hypoptopomatinae)" (American Museum Novitates, No. 3254)
- Silveira Langoni, A. da, 2015 "Biologia comparada alimentar de três loricarídeos (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes) em diferentes riachos da bacia do Alto Jucuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil"
- Bonato, K.O. & Fialho, C.B., 2016 "Fishes of Alto Jacuí sub-basin: a poorly studied sub-basin of northwestern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 12 No. 2, P. 4)
- 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. 417)
- Reis, Roberto E., 2017 "Unexpectedly high diversity in a small basin: A taxonomic revision of Eurycheilichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with descriptions of seven new species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 15 No.1)
- Delapieve, M.L.S.; Rocha, L.A. & Reis, R.E., 2023 "Phylogenomics of the narrowly endemic Eurycheilichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): Sympatric species with non-sister relationships suggest mainly allopatric speciation" (abstract) (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, No. 190)
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