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Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Copionodontinae
Etymology: Glaphyropoma: Greek, glaphyros, a-, -on = cut, excellent, select + Greek, poma = cover (Ref. 45335); spinosum: The name spinosum is Latin for prickly, spiny, in allusion to the presence of opercular odontodes in this species, unique within the Copionodontinae..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico; pH range: 4.1 - ?; rango de profundidad 0 - 0 m (Ref. 79016). Tropical; 23°C - ?; 12°S - , 41°W -
Distribución
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South America: Brazil, State of Bahia, Chapada Diamantina, Município de Andaraí, Povoado de Igatu, Gruna dos Torras, rio Paraguaçu drainage
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.8 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 79016)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Distinguished from all other copionodontine catfishes by the presence of opercular odontodes. Further distinguished from its only congener, G. rodriguesi, by the reduction of dark integumentary pigmentation.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Bichuette, M.E., M.C.C. de Pinna and E. Trajano, 2008. A new species of Glaphyropoma: the first subterranean copionodontine catfish and the first occurrence of opercular odontodes in the subfamily (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6(3):301-306. (Ref. 79016)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [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).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).