Rhyacoglanis varii

Rhyacoglanis varii Shibatta & Souza-Shibatta, 2023

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Pseudopimelodidae (Bumblebee catfishes, dwarf marbled catfishes) > Pseudopimelodinae
Etymology: Rhyacoglanis: From the Greek words 'rhyax' (torrent) and 'glanis' (catfish), indicating a catfish inhabiting running waters in reference to its habitat (Ref. 128485); varii: Name 'varii' in honor of ichthyologist Richard P. Vari (1949-2016) for his outstanding contributions to the systematics of Neotropical fishes.

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

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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South America: Brazil.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 137787)

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 5 - 6. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: dark brown vertical bar below the dorsal-fin base not confluent with a dark brown bar below the adipose-fin base; abrupt thinning of the subdorsal dark brown bar ventrally; dark brown spots sparsely distributed on the body; solid dark brown bar on caudal peduncle; posterior tip of the post-cleithral process reaching vertical through the base of the dorsal-fin spine; long distance of anus to anal-fin origin (mean = 11.4±0.8%), maxillary barbel length (mean = 79.6±5.8%), and caudal peduncle depth (mean = 9.5±0.5%); minor posterior nostril to eye distance (mean = 4.8±0.9%), body depth (mean = 18.2±1.5%), and postcleithral process length (mean = 12.9±1.1%); anterior serrae distributed along the entire margin (Ref. 137787).
Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This species inhabits shallow, running water with substrate composed of pebbles, rocks, sand, and organic litter from the surrounding marginal vegetation (Ref. 137787).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Shibatta, Oscar Akio | Collaborators

Shibatta, O.A. and L. Souza-Shibatta, 2023. New species of Rhyacoglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the upper rio Tocantins basin. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 21(1):e220075. (Ref. 137787)

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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