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Pseudepapterus cucuhyensis Böhlke, 1951

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Description: Dorsal soft rays (total): 3-5; Vertebrae: 47 - 50. Habitat: Amazon and Negro River basins in Brazil. Etymology: The genus name Pseudepapterus: pseudo-, false; referring to similarity of P. hasemani to Epapterus dispilurus, particularly the reduced dorsal fin. The specific name cucuhyensis: –ensis, suffix denoting place: Cucuhy (or Cucuí), a Brazilian district at the border with Colombia, type locality. Remarks: Pseudepapterus cucuhyensis is endemic to Brazil, occurring from the upper Rio Negro to its mouth, with records for the Trombetas and Xingu rivers (both in the state of Pará), in the Amazon river basin. It is a frequent and abundant species. As no significant threats were identified that put its population at risk, Pseudepapterus cucuhyensis was categorised as Least Concern (LC), (IUCN 2022).

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None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Auchenipteridae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon and Negro River basins, Brazil and Colombia. Type locality: Sandbank at Cucuhy on the Columbian [sic] border, Rio Negro, Brazil.

Size:

6.0cm (2½ins)

Temp:

22-25°c (71-77°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.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr. and R.P. Vari, 2000. The deep-water South American catfish genus Pseudepapterus (Ostariophysi: Auchenipteridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 11(2):97-112.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2023.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 06/2023 ).
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio). 2022. Pseudepapterus cucuhyensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.

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Pseudepapterus cucuhyensis

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