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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypoptopomatinae
Etymology: Niobichthys: From Greek, Niobe, the name of Tantalus´ daughter who was in change into a stone while weeping for her children in the Greek mithology (Ref. 45335); ferrarisi: Named for C. Ferraris, Jr..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
ນິເວດວິທະຍາ
; ນ້ຳຈືດ ອາໄສຢູ່ໃກ້ໜ້າດິນໃຕ້ພື້ນທ້ອງນ້ຳ. Tropical
South America: Upper Baria River, Negro River basin.
ຂະໜາດ / ນ້ຳໜັກ / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm SL ຕົວຜູ້/ບໍ່ມີເພດ; (Ref. 30400)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | ການສືບພັນ | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | ຕົວອ່ອນ
Schaefer, S.A. and F. Provenzano R., 1998. Niobichthys ferrarisi, a new genus and species of armored catfish from southern Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 8(3):221-230. (Ref. 30400)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02089 (0.00646 - 0.06755), b=3.03 (2.78 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).