Etymology
bracheia (gr.) = short; vernacular name for Nhamdia/Jamdia
Classification
Synonyms
Length (total)
5 - 11 cm
Distribution
Similar Genus
Additional literatur
- Seidel, Ingo: "Bloß nicht auffallen!"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Oktober/November 2018)
Species
Species
Country
Origin
Country
Origin
Length
(cm)
(cm)
AQ
(cm)
(cm)
T.
(°C)
(°C)
Bree
ding
ding
Brachyrhamdia heteropleura
Eigenmann, 1912
Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
Rupununi River, Corantijn River, Essequibo River, rio Negro-Einzug
(Amazonas (BRA), Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)
Eigenmann, 1912
Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
Rupununi River, Corantijn River, Essequibo River, rio Negro-Einzug
(Amazonas (BRA), Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)
5
60
unknown
Brachyrhamdia imitator
Myers, 1927
Colombia, Venezuela
Caño de Quiribana bei Caicara, río Caura
(Bolívar)
Myers, 1927
Colombia, Venezuela
Caño de Quiribana bei Caicara, río Caura
(Bolívar)
9
80
25 - 29
unknown
Brachyrhamdia marthae
Sands & Black, 1985
Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
Laguna Romeni, río Matipiquiri; quebrada Padre Bernardo nahe San Francisco
(Beni, Loreto, Rondônia)
Sands & Black, 1985
Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
Laguna Romeni, río Matipiquiri; quebrada Padre Bernardo nahe San Francisco
(Beni, Loreto, Rondônia)
11
80
unknown
Brachyrhamdia meesi
Sands & Black, 1985
Brazil, Colombia, Peru
export via Belem, río Ampiyacu, lago Mamirauá
(Amazonas (BRA), Loreto)
Sands & Black, 1985
Brazil, Colombia, Peru
export via Belem, río Ampiyacu, lago Mamirauá
(Amazonas (BRA), Loreto)
8
60
unknown
Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)"
Slobodian, F.A. & Bockmann, V., 2013 "A new Brachyrhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Rio Japurá basin, Brazil, with comments on its phylogenetic affinities, biogeography and mimicry in the genus"
PCF
Slobodian, F.A. & Bockmann, V., 2013 "A new Brachyrhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Rio Japurá basin, Brazil, with comments on its phylogenetic affinities, biogeography and mimicry in the genus"
PCF
9
60
26 - 30
unknown
7
60
unknown
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for the pictures
G. Germeau (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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Magnus Hornung
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