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Centromochlus concolor  (Mees, 1974)
Image contributors to this species:
Daniel Blom (1)
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Relevant Information: Body with small, dark, circular spots. First nuchal plate absent. Male with modified anal fin, the last two branched rays rudimentary. Maxilla 135-145% of palatine length; premaxillae in contact with each other at rostral border of upper jaw; no fleshy flange present in between. Presence of mental barbels. (Soares-Porto, L.M. 2000).
Common Name: None
Synonyms: Tatia concolor
Family: Auchenipteridaeblycipitidae
Distribution: South America: Coppename River basin, Surinam. Type locality: Headwaters of Coppename Rivier
Size: 4cm. (1¾ins)
Temp: 22-26°c (71-79°f.)
p.H. 6.5-7.2.
Reference: Soares-Porto, L.M. 2000 A new species of Centromochlus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the rio Negro drainage, Amazon basin, Brazil, with comments on its relationships. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 11(3):279-287.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (01/2011).
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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