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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Rhamdia&speciesname=quelen ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Rhamdia&speciesname=quelen http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Rhamdia&speciesname=quelen ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Rhamdia&speciesname=quelen https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Rhamdia&speciesname=quelen ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Rhamdia-quelen.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Rhamdia Species in    Heptapteridae - Classification - Heptapteridae Siluriformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Rhamdia quelen ( Quoy & Gaimard , 1824 ) South American catfish Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Rhamdia quelen Picture by Aguirre, W. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Heptapteridae (Three-barbeled catfishes) Etymology: Rhamdia: Brazilian vernacular name, Nhamdia/Jamdia (Ref. 45335 ) . More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: ? - 7.0; depth range 0 - 3 m (Ref. 35381 ). Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060 ) Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Central and South America: Mexico to central Argentina. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 61.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637 ); max. published weight: 4.0 kg (Ref. 40637 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Occurs in littoral creeks, over sandy bottoms covered with dead leaves (Ref. 27188 ). Inhabits also lakes and rivers, but seems to prefer rivers with a very slight current (Ref. 6868 ). Prefers a muddy bottom covered with leaves and decaying wood, the latter providing for hiding places during the day (Ref. 35381 ). Feeds on fish and insects (Ref. 27188 ), benthic zooplankton and crustaceans (Ref. 35381 ). Omnivorous (Ref. 79585 ). Mainly nocturnal (Ref. 11225 ). Possesses poisonous spiny rays. Its sex ratio is 2:1 in favor of females. The male's reproductive apparatus includes multi-lobed testicles and accessory organs for secretion and storage. Fertilization is external. Non-sticking demersal eggs (1.1 to 2.8 mm diameter) are laid down, hatching after about 48 hours at 22°C. Ten days later, the larvae weigh approximately 100 mg but growth is slow (0.5 to 1.15 g per day). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Bockmann, Flavio | Collaborators Hernández, C.L., A. Ortega-Lara, G.C. Sánchez-Garcés, M.H. Alford , 2015. Genetic and morphometric evidence for the recognition of several recently synonymized species of Trans-Andean Rhamdia (Pisces: Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Copeia 103(3):563-579. (Ref. 108688 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 19 March 2018 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00891 (0.00753 - 0.01055), b=3.02 (2.97 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.9   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec=41,334). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Unknown . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 91.5 [50.5, 198.1] mg/100g; Iron = 1.02 [0.58, 1.80] mg/100g; Protein = 16.5 [15.4, 17.6] %; Omega3 = 0.239 [0.098, 0.592] g/100g; Selenium = 51.7 [20.4, 122.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 55.8 [19.4, 147.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.55 [1.06, 2.24] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2579 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2579 Updated: 2024-05-23 06:19:44 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation