Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico; pH range: 7.5 - ? ; dH range: 14 - ?. Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 2059)
North and Central America: Central Mexico to northern Panama, in both Pacific and Caribbean slopes.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.4 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 102977)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
This species has the following characters: pigmented body; functional eyes; dorsal fin base 10.2-13.4% of SL; origin of adipose fin posterior to the anus; maxillary barbels extend to a point between the pectoral-fin origin and that of the pelvic fin (Ref. 108688).
Typical in highland brooks and in rivers or creeks of moderate to high current velocity, found between 35 and 1350 m elevation. Lives on sand and stone bottoms where it feeds on aquatic insects (Ref. 36880) and in caves (Ref. 27297).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
Bockmann, F.A. and G.M. Guazzelli, 2003. Heptapteridae (Heptapterids). p. 406-431. 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. 36914)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
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