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Aspredinidae (Banjo catfishes) > Aspredininae
Etymology: Bunocephalus: Greek, byneo = to fill up, to swell + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Walbaum.
Issue
See Mees (1989: 93) for detailed description. Note Mees (1988) does not cite Silurus verrucosus Walbaum 1792 which has priority over Platystacus verrucosus Bloch, 1794.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
বাস্তুসংস্থান
; স্বাদু পানি তলদেশ বিহারী ; pH range: 6.8 - 7.5; dH range: 8 - 15. Tropical; 20°C - 24°C (Ref. 2060)
South America: rivers of Guyana and the Amazon River basin.
আকৃতি / ওজন / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.8 cm SL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 104710)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | প্রজনন | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | শুককীট
Friel, J.P., 2003. Aspredinidae (Banjo catfishes). p. 261-267. 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. 36695)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00324 (0.00134 - 0.00780), b=3.03 (2.83 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
ট্রফিক পর্যায়ে (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).