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Siluriformes (Catfishes) >
Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Stegophilinae
Etymology: Acanthopoma: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, poma, -atos = cover (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lütken.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce démersal. Tropical
South America: Upper and middle Amazon River basin.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 39970)
Attacks like a leech and produces wounds all over the fish which it attacks. It spreads a bundle of opercular and inter-opercular spines into the wound and remains there, being very difficult to remove. Invades the 'private parts' of wading or swimming animals but apparently exist in these passages only for a short while, as they quickly die from a lack of oxygen (Ref. 6868).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
de Pínna, M.C.C. and W. Wosiacki, 2003. Trichomycteridae (pencil or parasitic catfishes). p. 270-290. 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. (Ref. 39970)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
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