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Spinipterus
acsi Akama & Ferraris, 2011 |
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contributors to this species: |
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Steven
Grant (3) |
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| Relevant
Information: |
A collection of fishes
made near Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon contained a single specimen
of a remarkable new auchenipterid catfish. This catfish is characterized
by several externally-visible autapomorphic features, of which the
most noteworthy is the presence of four rows of serrations along
the pectoral and dorsal fin spines. The combination of features
make impossible to place the new species into any of the existing
auchenipterid genera, so the authors, Akama & Ferraris, created
a new genus Spinipterus. |
| Common
Name: |
None |
| Synonyms: |
None |
| Family: |
Auchenipteridaeblycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
South
America: Peru and Brazilian Amazon. |
| Size:
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8.0cm.
(3¼ins) |
| Temp: |
22-26°c
(71-79°f.) |
| p.H. |
6.5-7.2. |
| Reference: |
Akama, A &
CJ Ferraris Jr, 2011. Spinipterus, a new genus of small,
spiny catfish (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Peruvian
Amazon. Zootaxa 2992: 52-60.
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