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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Scoloplacidae (Spiny dwarf catfishes)
Etymology: Scoloplax: Greek, skoloplax = a thorned plate (Ref. 45335); baskini: Named for Jonathan Baskin for his significant contributions to Neotropical ichthyology including the description of the genus Scoloplax..

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 5°S - 6°S, 60°W -

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South America: Brazil. Rio Aripuanã, a right-bank tributary of the middle rio Madeira (Ref. 79026).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 79026)

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Vertebrae: 25 - 27. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following unique characters: ventral midline plates between the anus and caudal peduncle has 2 longitudinal parallel rows of odontodes not covered by skin; all rays of pectoral and pelvic fins simple, unbranched; large specimens with odontodes in abdominal area between pelvic-fin bases and immediately anterior to genital papilla; mesethmoid has a thickened triangular anterior process; and larger specimens with small odontodes on first and second pelvic-fin rays (Ref. 79026).

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); This species was found among leaf litter in small clearwater tributaries of the middle part of rio Aripuanã (Ref. 79026).

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Rocha, M.S, R.R. de Oliveira and L.H. Rapp Py-Daniel, 2008. Scoloplax baskini: a new spiny dwarf catfish from rio Aripuanã, Amazonas, Brazil (Loricarioidei: Scoloplacidae). Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6(3):323-328. (Ref. 79026)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 November 2018

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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