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Rhamdia foina (Müller & Troschel, 1849)

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Philip Jones (1) Mark Henry Sabaj (1)

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Aquarium Care: In the aquarium you should treat this species as you would any "Pim" and house them with tank mates that are the same size or larger and who occupy a different layer of the tank be it mid water or top. Provide plenty of hideing places if you intend to keep more than one individual. Diet: Not fussy so should be fed the usual aquarium foods such as flake, tablets, pellets, frozen and live food. Provide a varied diet. Etymology: The specific name foina: Presumably from Martes foina Beech Marten, allusion not explained nor evident, perhaps referring to its slender marten-like body (see Heptapterus mustelinus for a similar name).

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Pimelodus foina, Rhamdia holomelas rupununi.

Family:

Heptapteridae

Distribution:

Brazil: Essequibo River, Guyana; Branco, Negro, Tocantins, and Trombetas River basins. Type locality: an den felsenreichen Stellen des Takutu, Guyana.

Size:

16.5cm. (6½ins)

Temp:

24-26°C (75-79°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Despite the little information available on this species, it has a wide range and no apparent threats. Therefore, it is assessed as Least Concern, (IUCN 2023).

Reference:

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. 2011. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version.
Salvador, G.N. 2023. Rhamdia foina. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.
Silfvergrip, A.M.C., 1996. A systematic revision of the Neotropical catfish genus Rhamdia (Teleostei, Pimelodidae). Stockholm University and Swedish Museum of Natural History. 156 pp. + 8 pls.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Rhamdia foina

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