Etymology
horios (gr.) - boudaries, myzo (gr.) - suck; because of the habitat on the ground and the suspected diet
Classification
Synonyms
Length (total)
approx. 4 cm
Similar Genus
Additional literatur
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America"
Internet sources
- Steward, D.J., 1986 "A new pimelodid catfish from the deep-river channel of the Río Napo, eastern Ecuador (Pisces: Pimelodidae)" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 138 No. 1, P. 46)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 185)
- Bockmann, Flávio A. & Castro, Ricardo M.C., 2010 "The blind catfish from the caves of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae): description, anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, natural history, and biogeography" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 8 No. 4, P. 692)
Species
Species
Country
Origin
Country
Origin
Length
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(cm)
AQ
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(cm)
T.
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(°C)
Bree
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Horiomyzon retropinnatus
Stewart, 1986
Brazil, Ecuador
Cachoeira de Santo Antônio, río Napo bei Añangu, rio Madeira, rio Manicoré
(Orellana, Sucumbíos, Amazonas, Rondônia)
Stewart, 1986
Brazil, Ecuador
Cachoeira de Santo Antônio, río Napo bei Añangu, rio Madeira, rio Manicoré
(Orellana, Sucumbíos, Amazonas, Rondônia)
4
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unknown
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