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Aspredinidae (Banjo catfishes) > Hoplomyzontinae
Etymology: Hoplomyzon: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, myzo = to suckle (Ref. 45335); cardosoi: Named for Alexandre Rodrigues Cardoso for his contributions to the taxonomy of Neotropical fishes (Ref. 128006).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce démersal. Tropical
South America: Venezuela.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.9 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 128006)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: straight anterior margin of the mesethmoid (vs. medial notch); smooth and straight ventral surface of the premaxilla (vs. having bony knobs on the ventral surface of premaxilla); absence of teeth on the dentary (vs. presence of teeth on dentary); vertebrae anterior to anal-fin pterygiophore with single ventral processes (vs. paired process); having elongated mental filaments, barbel-like structures on the ventral surface of the adult head and cleithrum (vs. small papillous structures in the ventral surface of the adult head); and 8 anal-fin rays (vs. 6 or 7) (Ref. 128006).
Found in medium-sized stream, mostly slow flowing white waters running over sand mixed with riffles of fast flowing waters over pebbles (Ref. 128006).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Carvalho, T.P., R.E. Reis and J.P. Friel, 2017. A new species of Hoplomyzon (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela: osteological description using high-resolution computed microtomography of a miniature species. Neotropical Ichthyology 15(1):e160143. (Ref. 128006)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menacé (EN) (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 27 November 2020
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).