No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Aspredinidae.
分類 / Names 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Siluriformes (Catfishes) 鯰形目 (Catfishes) > Aspredinidae (Banjo catfishes) 蝌蚪鯰科 (Banjo catfishes) > Pseudobunocephalinae
Etymology: Pseudobunocephalus:The generic name is a combination of the Greek word pseudes, meaning false or deceptive, plus the aspredinid genus Bunocephalus. It alludes to the fact that members of this genus have previously been mistaken for juveniles of other species.; timbira:Species name refers to the Timbira people, an indigenous groups in south of Maranhão, east of Pará and north of Tocantins (Ref. 120442).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態學
背的軟條 (總數): 4; 臀鰭軟條: 7 - 8; 脊椎骨: 35. This species can be distinguished from its congeners by having the 2nd hypobranchial and 3rd basibranchial cartilaginous (vs. ossified) (Ref. 120442).
Inhabits small and slow flowing streams and rivers running over sand or muddy bottom, with moderate and submerged vegetation (Ref. 120442).
Life cycle and mating behavior 成熟度 | 繁殖 | 產卵場 | 卵 | 孕卵數 | 仔魚
Leão, M.D.V., T.P. Carvalho, R.E. Reis and W.B. Wosiacki, 2019. A new species of Pseudobunocephalus Friel, 2008 (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the lower Tocantins and Mearim river drainages, North and Northeast of Brazil. Zootaxa 4586(1). (Ref. 120442)