Venezuela country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Laguna Los Guácimos, Orinoco basin in Guarico (Ref. 6868), other portions of the Rio Orinoco basin and Rio Tuy (Ref. 28844).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Vari, R.P. and C.J. Ferraris Jr., 1998
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> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfishes) > Auchenipterinae
Etymology: Epapterus: Greek, ep, epi = over, high + Greek, pteron = wing, fin.
More on authors: Vari, Jewett, Taphorn & Gilbert.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; Água doce demersal. Tropical

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South America: Orinoco River basin and Tuy River of the Caribbean coast of Venezuela.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.5 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 37098)

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Raios dorsais moles (total) : 2 - 3; Raios anais moles: 49 - 61; Vértebras: 49 - 51.

Found in a variety of habitats where there is poor visibility and the water is still or slow-flowing. Feeds on filamentous algae and other plant material during the dry season (Ref. 6868).

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Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. | Colaboradores

Vari, R.P. and C.J. Ferraris Jr., 1998. The neotropical catfish genus Epapterus Cope (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae): a reappraisal. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 111(4):992-1007. (Ref. 28844)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Preocupação menor (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 October 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para o homem

Harmless

Utilização humana

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.50 se; based on food items.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Epapterus blohmi Vari, Jewett, Taphorn & Gilbert, 1984