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Cetopsidae (Whale catfishes) > Cetopsinae
Etymology: Cetopsis: Greek, ketos = a marine monster, whale + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335); aspis: Name from the Greek word 'aspis' meaning shield, in allusion to the occurrence of this species in the Guiana Shield; noun in apposition (Ref. 128465).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal. Tropical
South America: Guyana and Suriname.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.1 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 128465)
Collected from small and shallow stream, 5-10 m wide, 48-88 cm deep, with grey-white turbid water due to upstream activities of gold miners. Found in sandy bottom, with gravel, woody debris and with aquatic macrophytes (Thurnia sphaerocephala (Ref. 128465).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Abrahão, V., J. Mol and M. De Pinna, 2019. A new species of Cetopsis from the Guiana Shield (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae). Zootaxa. 4664(2):221-232. (Ref. 128465)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00550 (0.00224 - 0.01349), b=3.13 (2.92 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |