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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
Ecologia
; Água doce pelágico(a,os,as). Tropical
South America: Rio Paraguay.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.3 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (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).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (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).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.39 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).