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Dekeyseria amazonica Rapp Py-Daniel 1985

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Mark Henry Sabaj (3)

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Description: The Dekeyseria genera possess broad and flattened heads. Both sexes have odontodes to the pectoral and caudal spines with the males being somewhat longer. Some authors (Seidel 2008) place the Dekeyseria genus as Zonancistrus and state these species as being in the Dekeyseria brachyura group. Aquarium Care: Whatever their true placing's they are relatively easy to keep in the aquarium. If you keep them in soft acid water they will sport their natural colours. Diet: Omnivorous, veg, tablet and fine frozen foods. Etymology: The genus name Dekeyseria: –ia (L. suffix), belonging to: French zoologist Pierre Louis Dekeyser (1914–1984), Universidade Federal da Paraíba (João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil). The specific name amazonica: From the Amazon river basin.–ica (L.), belonging to: Amazonas, Brazil, type locality and/or distribution in the central Amazon River basin of Brazil.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Brazil, mainly Solimões River basin and also in the middle and lower Amazon River basin.

Size:

17.5cm. (7ins)

Temp:

22-25°c (71-77°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

IUCN Red List

Dekeyseria amazonica is widely distributed in the main channel of the Amazon River in Brazil and Colombian territory. It is a frequent and abundant species, and no significant threats have been identified that would put its population at risk of extinction. For these reasons, D. amazonica has been categorized as Least Concern (LC), (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). 2022. Dekeyseria amazonica . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.
Fisch-Muller, S., 2003. Loricariidae-Ancistrinae (Armored catfishes). p. 373-400. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 08/2021 ).
Seidel, I. 2008. Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes, Ettlingen, Germany 208 p.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Dekeyseria amazonica

Dekeyseria amazonica
Ventral view

Dekeyseria amazonica
Mouth view

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