Issue
New genus combination, description and illustration of a specimen (not type) with a short note on the holotype in Bleeker (1864:11, pl. 1 fig. 3, pl. 3 fig. 2); van der Stigchel (1946:164) also gives a redescription of species based on same two specimens; see Boeseman (1972:305) for identification of the holotype and discussion on type locality.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal; dH range: ? - 25. Tropical; 21°C - 24°C (Ref. 2060)
South America: Saramacca, Suriname, and Maroni River basins.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36713)
Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Fisch-Muller, S., 2003. Loricariidae-Ancistrinae (Armored catfishes). p. 373-400. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36713)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01318 (0.00580 - 0.02997), b=2.98 (2.80 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
