Paracanthopoma ventuarensis Henschel, Baskin & Lujan, 2026
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Vandelliinae
Etymology: Paracanthopoma: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335); ventuarensis: Name 'ventuarensis' from the type locality of the new species, Ventuari River.
Etymology: Paracanthopoma: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335); ventuarensis: Name 'ventuarensis' from the type locality of the new species, Ventuari River.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
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South America: Valenzuela.
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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 6; Vertebrae: 36. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: epibranchial 4; conspicuous median process on parietosupraoccipital; 11 or 13 teeth on median premaxilla; s6 pore paired; opercular odontodes; emarginate caudal fin; dorsal flange on the lateral margin of the autopalatine; fewer ventral procurrent caudal-fin rays; vertebrae 37; five to seven interopercular odontodes (Ref. 138907).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
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Henschel, E., J.N. Baskin and N.K. Lujan, 2026. Two new species of the vampire catfish genus Paracanthopoma (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae: Vandelliinae) from Brazil and Venezuela with comments on generic diagnostic characters. Zootaxa 5793(2):529-546. (Ref. 138907)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.4 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |