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Pseudepapterus hasemani (Steindachner, 1915)

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Description: Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-6; Anal soft rays: 52 - 63; Vertebrae: 51 - 54. Habitat: Amazon River and many of its major tributary rivers. Also known from the Tocantins River basin. Etymology: The genus name Pseudepapterus: pseudo-, false; referring to similarity of P. hasemani to Epapterus dispilurus, particularly the reduced dorsal fin. The specific name hasemani: in honour of John D. Haseman (1882-1969), field collector for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, who collected type.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Auchenipterus hasemani

Family:

Auchenipteridae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil, Colombia and Peru). Type locality: Pará (Belem) [Brazil].

Size:

10.0cm (4ins)

Temp:

22-25°c (71-77°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

The species is widely distributed and faces no major threats. Therefore, it is assessed as Least Concern (LC), (IUCN 2023).

Reference:

Burgess, W.E., 1989. An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Frederico, R.G. 2023. Pseudepapterus hasemani. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 06/2023 ).

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Pseudepapterus hasemani

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