Scobinancistrus raonii

Scobinancistrus raonii Chaves, Oliveira, Gonçalves, Sousa & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2023

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Scobinancistrus: Latin, scobis = sawdust + Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335); raonii: Name 'raonii' in honor of indigenous leader Cacique Raoni Metuktire for his struggle to preserve the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous peoples.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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South America: Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 137688)

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 4; Vertebrae: 31 - 32. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: caudal peduncle 11.7-13.5% in SL; large yellow irregularly shaped and widely spaced spots over entire body, spots larger than pupil diameter; last dorsal-fin ray not reaching adipose-fin plate when adpressed in specimens larger than 80 mm SL; lack of contact between hyomandibular and quadrate posteroventrally; lack of yellow large distal band on the dorsal and caudal fins (Ref. 137688).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Chaves, M.S., R.R. de Oliveira, A.P. Gonçalves, L.M. Sousa and L.H.R. Py-Daniel, 2023. A new species of armored catfish of the genus Scobinancistrus (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) from the Xingu River basin, Brazil. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 21(3):e230038. (Ref. 137688)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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