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Cetopsis montana Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005

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Mark Henry Sabaj (1) Nathan Lujan (3)

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Description: The combination of the absence of a spinelet associated with the dorsal fin, the absence of spines on the dorsal and pectoral fins, and the possession of a single row of teeth on the vomer distinguishes Cetopsis from the other genera in the Cetopsinae. Colouration: Dark pigmentation on sides of body limited to eye-size spots. Etymology: The specific name montana: Latin for pertaining to mountains, referring to piedmont regions of the eastern slopes of the Andean Cordilleras, which are drained by the river systems inhabited by this catfish.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Cetopsidae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon River basin of northeastern Peru and southeastern Ecuador. Type locality: Peru. Amazonas: 100 m upriver from Caterpiza (approximately 3º55'S, 77º42'W).

Size:

12.0cm. (4¾ins)

Temp:

22-28°c (71-83°f )

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.
Vari, R. P., C. J. Ferraris Jr. & M. C. C. de Pinna. 2005. The Neotropical whale catfishes (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae), a revisionary study. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:127-238.

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Cetopsis montana

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