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Pogonopoma wertheimeri (Steindachner, 1867)

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Habitat: Currently known from three coastal river drainages in southeastern Brazil. Usually found in stretches of river with mid to strong water current and rocky or sandy bottom; although some specimens were collected from a lentic habitat. Etymology: The specific name wertheimeri: Patronym not identified, in honour of either Louis Wertheimer of the Thayer Expedition to Brazil (1865–1866), or Achilles Wertheimer, who died on the expedition due to a snakebite.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Plecostomus wertheimeri

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Mucuri and São Mateus River basins, Brazil. Type locality: dem Fluss Mucuri im gleichnamige Districte bei Santa Clara, in Brasilien.

Size:

22.0cm. (8¾ins)

Temp:

23-26°c (73-79°f)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Pogonopoma wertheimeri occurs in the Mucuri and São Mateus river basins, having been translocated to the Doce and Barra Seca river basins. The species is widely distributed, frequent, and abundant. Despite the threats associated with the Santa Clara hydroelectric dam and river siltation, these were not considered significant for the population. Therefore, Pogonopoma wertheimeri was categorised as Least Concern (LC), (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Armbruster, J.W., 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armored catfishes of the Rhinelepis group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae). Copeia 1998(3):620-636.
Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). 2022. Pogonopoma wertheimeri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.
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.
Quevedo, R. and R.E. Reis, 2002. Pogonopoma obscurum: a new species of loricariid catfish (Siluriformes: Loricarridae) from southern Brazil, with comments on the genus Pogonopoma. Copeia 2002(2):402-410.

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Pogonopoma wertheimeri

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