Denticetopsis
seducta Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
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Has
a relatively wide, albeit scattered, distribution in the central
and western portions of the Amazon basin and possibly the southwestern
portions of the río Orinoco basin. The type series of Denticetopsis
seducta that originated in the Río Ucayali basin and
in the region of Iquitos in northeastern Peru, and the non-type
population samples of the species from the Rio Aripuanã in
the rio Madeira basin, Brazil agree in all examined features. A
single specimen that originated in the upper Río Napo in
eastern Ecuador (ANSP 139105) and which is tentatively identified
as Denticetopsis seducta has slightly higher number of
total vertebrae (43) than the 39 to 42 total vertebrae that occur
in the other examined specimens assigned herein to that species.
Additional population samples of Denticetopsis from the
upper Río Napo basin are necessary to determine whether this
specimen represents yet another undescribed species. |
| Common
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None |
| Synonyms: |
None |
| Family: |
Cetopsidaeycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
South
America: Western Amazon River basin, and possibly southwestern
Orinoco River basin. Type locality: Peru. Loreto:
Caño “Sabalito,” small creek on terra firma approximately
25 mi (=km) S of Iquitos (4º14'45"S, 73º24'57"W). |
| Size:
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5.0cm.
(2ins) |
| Temp: |
22-28°c
(71-83°f ) |
| p.H. |
6.0-7.0. |
| Reference: |
Vari, R.P., C.J.
Ferraris, Jr. and M.C.C. de Pinna 2005 The neotropical
whale catfishes (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae), a revisionary
study. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 3(2):127-238.
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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Family:
Cetopsidae
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