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Scoloplax dolicholophia Schaefer, Weitzman & Britski, 1989

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Aquarium Care: Similar maintenance as to the banjo catfishes but due to their small size would need to be kept with small characins etc. Diet: small live and tablet foods. Etymology: The specific name dolicholophia: dolichós, long; lophia, from lóphos, mane or crest, referring to its long pterotic-supracleithral crest or ridge.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Scoloplacidae

Distribution:

South America: Negro River basin. Type locality: In igarapé, trib. of Rio Tarumãzinho, approximately 45 km north of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 2º42'S, 60º03'W.

Size:

1.5cm. (¾ins)

Temp:

24-28°c (75-83°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

IUCN Red List

Scoloplax dolicholophia is endemic to Brazil, widely distributed in the Rio Negro basin and the lower Rio Japurá (Amazonas state). It is considered frequent and abundant. As no significant threats to its population have been detected, Scoloplax dolicholophia has been categorised as Least Concern (LC), (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). 2022. Scoloplax dolicholophia. 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. 2016. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 10/2016 ).
Schaefer, S.A., 2003. Scoloplacidae (Spiny dwarf catfishes). p. 310-311. 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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