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Heptapteridae (Three-barbeled catfishes)
Etymology: Goeldiella: Taken from Goeldi, zoologist in Amazonas river and director of the Museum of Pará (Brazil) in 1904 (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Emil August Goeldi (1859–1917) was a Swiss-Brazilian naturalist and zoologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Müller & Troschel.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Guyana and Amazon River basins.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36914)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bockmann, F.A. and G.M. Guazzelli, 2003. Heptapteridae (Heptapterids). p. 406-431. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36914)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00933 (0.00519 - 0.01678), b=2.99 (2.84 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.7 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
High vulnerability (64 of 100). 🛈 |