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Heptapteridae (Three-barbeled catfishes)
Etymology: Gladioglanis: Latin, gladius = sword + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Antonio Machado-Allison (d: 1945) is a Venezuelan zoologist and biologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Orinoco and Negro River basins.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12783)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Inhabits small, heavily forested black-water streams with large leaf-litter deposits. Feeds on small invertebrates.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ferraris, C.J. Jr. and F. Mago-Leccia, 1989. A new genus and species of pimelodid catfish from the Río Negro and Río Orinoco drainages of Venezuela (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae). Copeia 1989(1):166-171. (Ref. 12783)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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