Leiarius

Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
Type species: Leiarius longibarbis
Leiarius longibarbis
Classification
 
Family
Pimelodidae
 
Group
Phractocephalus-Leiarius
Synonyms
Sciadeoides
Length (total)
60 - 95 cm
Fins
Adipose
Anale
Caudale
Dorsale
8 - 11 soft rays
Pectorale
Ventrale
 
Leiarius - overview of fins
Distribution
Bolivia (2), Brazil (4), Colombia (3), Ecuador (3), Guyana (2), Peru (2), Venezuela (2)
 
Similar Genus
 
Leiarius - on last evaluated german stock lists
Internet sources

Species

Species
Country
Origin
Length
(cm)
AQ
(cm)
T.
(°C)
Bree
ding
Leiarius arekaima
Jardine, 1841
 
Brazil, Guyana
Oberer Essequibo River, Río Branco
(Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Roraima)
Leiarius arekaima
66
350
 
unknown
Leiarius longibarbis
Castelnau, 1855
 
Brazil, Ecuador
Rio Solimões-, Amazonas-Einzug
(Amazonas (BRA))
Leiarius longibarbis
60
300
 
unknown
Leiarius marmoratus
Gill, 1870
 
Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
Río Marañon, río Napo, río Cusiana
(Loreto, Mato Grosso, Amazonas, Casanare)
Leiarius marmoratus
95
500
 
unknown
Leiarius perruno
Schultz, 1944
 
Colombia, Venezuela
Río Negro im lago Maracaibo-Einzug
(Zulia, La Guajira)
Schultz, Leonard P., 1944 "The catfishes of Venezuela, with descriptions of thirty-eight new forms"
Ferraris, C.J. Jr. & Vari, R.P. , 1992 "Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution"
Galvis, G.; Mojica, J.I.; & Camargo, M., 1997 "Peces del Catatumbo"
60
300
25 - 29
unknown
Leiarius pictus
Müller & Troschel, 1849
 
Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador?, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela
Amazonas-, Río Orinoco-Einzug
Leiarius pictus
70
350
 
unknown
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