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Imparfinis pijpersi (Hoedeman, 1961)

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Karsten Schönherr (4)

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The thumbnail species that are listed were captured in the northwestern part of Suriname in the Nickerie River. Aquarium Care: An aquarium with hiding places such as bogwood, rockwork, plants and a sand substrate. A good water flow is recommended with good aeration and filtration. Diet: Small live, frozen and flake foods. Etymology: The specific name pijpersi: In honour of H. P. Pijpers, a corporal in the Suriname Army, who provided a rich collection of characins and catfishes from this country, presumably including holotype of this one.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Cetopsorhamdia pijpersi

Family:

Heptapteridae

Distribution:

South America: Corantijn River basin, Suriname. Type locality: Surinam: Sipaliwini river, sta. 43, 20 km from frontier with Brazil.

Size:

9.5cm. (3¾ins)

Temp:

24-28°C (75-83°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Bockmann, F.A. and G.M. Guazzelli, 2003. Heptapteridae (Heptapterids). p. 406-431. 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.
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. 2015. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, (10/2015).
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Imparfinis pijpersi

Imparfinis pijpersi
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Imparfinis pijpersi
Head view

Imparfinis pijpersi

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