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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfishes) > Auchenipterinae
Etymology: Entomocorus: Greek, entomos = cut, sharpen + Greek, kore = pupil (Ref. 45335); radiosus: Name from the Latin word 'radiosus' meaning rod, fin-ray; and '-osus', having the nature or quality of something, usually in fullness or abundance, in allusion to the many anal-fin rays; an adjective.
More on authors: Reis & Borges.

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

Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical

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South America: Rio Paraguay.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57707)

Specimens were collected from a creek and in wide open environments, as river channels and bays of the upper Rio Paraguay basin in the periodically flooded areas known as the Pantanal. Known to be a zooplanktivore which also eats insects. Stomach contents predominantly has microcrustaceans (cladocerans, copepods and ostracods); insects (ephemeropterans, coleopterans and hemipterans); and/or small amounts of water mites, rotifers, fish scales, bryozoans, unidentified eggs, detritus, and sand (Ref. 57707).

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Reis, R.E. and T.A.K. Borges, 2006. The South American catfish genus Entomocorus (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae), with the description of a new species from the Paraguay River Basin. Copeia 2006(3):412-422. (Ref. 57707)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 January 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Entomocorus radiosus Reis & Borges, 2006