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Phenacorhamdia tenuis (Mees, 1986)

Image contributors to this species:

Mark Henry Sabaj (1)

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Relevant Information:

Habitat: Known only from a few specimens caught from some fast creeks with rocky bottom. The image contributor (M.H.S.) found this specimen hidden in the crevice of a submerged log. This species is placed in the genus Phenacorhamdia in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Mar. 2011) following DoNascimiento & Milani (2008), who based the change in genus on the unpublished work of Bockmann (1998). Remarks: Still found on some online sources by its synonym, Heptapterus tenuis.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Heptapterus tenuis

Family:

Heptapteridae

Distribution:

South America: Maroni/Marowijne River basin, French Guiana. Type locality: Crique Cascade Moyen, Maroni [French Guiana].

Size:

8.5cm. (3¼ins)

Temp:

24-26°C (75-79°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, (10/2021).
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
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.

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Phenacorhamdia tenuis
Parque Nacional Montanhas do Tumucumaque II

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