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Entomocorus radiosus Reis & Borges, 2006 |
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Dave Rinaldo (1) |
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Description: Entomocorus radiosus is diagnosed by the unique combination of a long anal-fin base, 18–22 branched anal-fin rays, unpigmented pectoral and pelvic fins, and caudal fin hyaline, with distal half of dorsal and ventral lobes pigmented with black. Specimens were collected from a creek and in wide open environments, as river channels and bays of the upper Rio Paraguay basin in the periodically flooded areas known as the Pantanal. Known to be a zooplanktivore which also eats insects. Stomach contents predominantly has microcrustaceans (cladocerans, copepods and ostracods); insects (ephemeropterans, coleopterans and hemipterans); and/or small amounts of water mites, rotifers, fish scales, bryozoans, unidentified eggs, detritus, and sand. Aquarium Care: Inactive during the day so would need feeding at night but as aquarists know this family will find food that has been left during daytime feedings. Reproduction: This species spawns in July and August in the period of maximal annual flooding. Sexual Differences: The males have elongated ventral fins and the dorsal becomes long and curved. Diet: Not a fussy eater. Mosquito larvae, artemia, flakefood, tablet and pellet foods. |
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Family: |
Auchenipteridae |
Distribution: |
South America: Rio Paraguay. |
Size: |
5.5cm (2¼ins) |
Temp: |
25-29°c (77-85°f.) |
p.H. |
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6.0-7.5. |
Reference: |
Reis, R.E. and T.A.K.
Borges, 2006.
The South American catfish genus Entomocorus (Ostariophysi:
Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae), with the description
of a new species from the Paraguay River Basin. Copeia
2006(3):412-422. 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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