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Pogonopoma
wertheimeri (Steindachner, 1867) |
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Image contributors
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Allan James (2) |
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Relevant Information:
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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. |
Common Name:
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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: |
22cm. (8¾ins) |
Temp: |
23-26°c (73-79°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.
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.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2011.FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version
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