Etymology
Hemi - half; odon - tooth; tichthys - fish
Classification
Synonyms
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Body height
flat
Mouth
unique snout
Jaw
Breeding behavior
lip breeder
Similar Genus
Additional literatur
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" S.499
- Drescher, Oliver: "Maulbrutpflege in der Ordnung der Welsartigen"
(DATZ 01/2013 - "Wels-Presseschau")
Internet sources
- Bleeker, M., 1862 "Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises : publié sous les auspices du gouvernement colonial néêrlandais"
- Isbrücker, I.J.H. & Nijssen, H., 1974 "On Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus and Reganella depressa, two remarkable mailed catfishes from South America (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Beaufortia, Vol. 22 N. 294, P. 193)
- Covain, R. & Fisch-Muller, S., 2007 "The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis" (Zootaxa, No. 1462, P. 1)
Species
Species
Country
Origin
Country
Origin
Length
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(cm)
AQ
(cm)
(cm)
T.
(°C)
(°C)
Bree
ding
ding
Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus
Kner, 1854
Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Peru, Suriname
rio Vermelho, Rio Guaporé, rio Tefé, rio Abuna;Essequibo,rio Oyapock = Oiapoque; Cano de Paca, río Nanay, rio Iquiri
(Juquia, Rondônia, Loreto, Amazonas (BRA), Mato Grosso, Acre)
Kner, 1854
Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Peru, Suriname
rio Vermelho, Rio Guaporé, rio Tefé, rio Abuna;Essequibo,rio Oyapock = Oiapoque; Cano de Paca, río Nanay, rio Iquiri
(Juquia, Rondônia, Loreto, Amazonas (BRA), Mato Grosso, Acre)
15
60
24 - 28
Catfish Atlas 1
One entry found.
Many thanks to
for the pictures
1, 3
Hans-Georg Evers
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