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Paracetopsis atahualpa Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005

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Description: Paracetopsis can be distinguished from all other genera in the Cetopsinae by the combination of the possession of a vomerine tooth patch with two or more rows of teeth and a medial gap between the contralateral components of the tooth patch. Habitat: Paracetopsis atahualpa, Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 a Tumbes River endemic, is one of only three recognized species in this Pacific Coast endemic genus, the other two being P. bleekeri Bleeker, 1862 from the Guayas River drainage and P. esmeraldas Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 from the Esmeraldas River drainage (Lujan, N. 2018). Etymology: The specific name atahualpa: Named for Atahualpa, who reigned from 1515 to 1533 as the last ruler of the Inca Empire, which encompassed the region (northwestern Peru and southwestern Ecuador) from which this catfish was collected.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Cetopsidae

Distribution:

South America: Tumbes River basin, northwestern Peru and upper Zarumilla River basin, southwestern Ecuador. Type locality: Peru. Tumbes: Río Tumbes, Cabo Inga (3º58'00"S, 80º24'59"W).

Size:

24.5cm. (9¾ins)

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.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2018. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 06/2018 ).
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.

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Paracetopsis atahualpa

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