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Siluriformes (Catfishes) >
Cetopsidae (Whale catfishes) > Helogeninae
Etymology: Helogenes: Greek, helo = marsh + Greek, gene, genes = birth, race. (Helo has the "e" short) (Ref. 45335); gouldingi: Named after Michael Goulding.
Eponymy: Dr Michael Goulding (d: 1950) is a conservation ecologist and scientist at the University of Florida and with the Amazon Conservation Alliance with which he has worked for over 30 years. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Vari & Ortega.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
; zoet water demersaal. Tropical
South America: Madeira River basin.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.7 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 36486)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 5; Anale zachte stralen: 39 - 43.
Collected from a small black-water tributary.
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Vari, R.P. and H. Ortega, 1986. The catfishes of the neotropical Family Helogenidae (Ostariophysi: Siluroidei). Smith. Contrib. Zool. (442):20 p. (Ref. 7462)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: van geen belang
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Estimates based on models
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).