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Cetopsidae (Whale catfishes) > Cetopsinae
Etymology: Cetopsis: Greek, ketos = a marine monster, whale + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
; süßwasser demersal; tiefenbereich 2 - 40 m (Ref. 33290). Tropical
South America: middle and upper Amazon River basin.
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.6 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 36486)
Kurzbeschreibung
Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie
Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 7; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 18; Wirbelzahl: 40.
Feeds on terrestrial arthropods such as spiders, a mosquito-like dipteran, heads of ants, orthopteran and dipterans.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Fortpflanzung | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Vari, R.P., C.J. Ferraris Jr. and M.C.C. de Pinna, 2005. The neotropical whale catfishes (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae), a revisionary study. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 3(2):127-238. (Ref. 56045)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00180 - 0.01112), b=3.14 (2.92 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.39 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).