Pterobunocephalus
dolichurus
(Delsman, 1941) |
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Pterobunocephalus is genus
of small to medium sized aspredinid species. Members of this genus
are distinguished from all other aspredinids by the following
characters, having an extremely depressed (flattened) head and
body, having the head ornamentation highly reduced or absent,
often having a distinct notch in the upper jaw, and having 10–20
anal fin rays. Females of this genus carry embryos directly attached
to the ventral surface of their bodies, which also distinguishes
them from all other aspredinids. |
Common
Name: |
Ghost
Banjo Catfish |
Synonyms: |
Petacara
dolichura, Petacara dolichurus, Bunocephalus
dolichurus |
Family: |
Aspredinidaemblycipitidae |
Distribution: |
South
America: Amazon River basin of Brazil and Peru.
Type locality: Trombetas-river, near Obidos, Brazil. |
Size:
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6.5cm. (2½ins) |
Temp: |
25-28°c
(77-83°f.) |
p.H. |
6.0 -8.0. |
References: |
Friel, John Patrick
(1994-12-13) (PDF). A Phylogenetic Study of the Neotropical Banjo
Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Aspredinidae).
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes,
recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue
of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. |
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