Dwarf Sucking Catfish
📖 Overview
Facultative air-breathing in the genus ; Found in stream with dark, slightly turbid water, flowing through a landscape of mixed low forest and pasture . Collected at the margin of an open field, but the stream flowed through dense low forest left along its bank and providing shadow . Usually occurs in areas with sandy bottom, bank vegetation entering water or with marginal aquatic plants, dark, clear or slightly turbid water and limited associated fauna . Mimics Corydoras diphyes . Mimicry is unusual because the two species occupy different microhabitats and it is hypothesized to operate with a primarily visual predator moving between the microhabitats, tentatively identified as the cichlid Crenicichla lepidota .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Vertebrae: 22 - 23. Presence of an iris diverticulum; elevated, enlarged odontodes at posterior supraoccipital tip; lateral series 24-25; lateral line canals only on first 4-6 anterior plates in median series; lateral trunk coloration variable, including either row of 4-6 distinct dark blotches or distinct dark stripe extending from pterotic posterior process to base of caudal fin, or diffuse mixture of those two color patterns; premaxillary teeth 14-18 (commonly 15-16); mandibular teeth 12-16 (commonly 14); caudal vertebrae 15-17, modally 17; triangular pigment mark at anterior dorsal- fin base occasionally faint or absent .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Dwarf Sucking Catfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical South America: tributaries of río Monday, a right bank tributary of the río Paraná in Paraguay.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Dwarf Sucking Catfish |
| 🌍CES | krunýřovec kejklíř |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Limpiavidrio |
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Dwarf Sucking Catfish.
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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