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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Loricariinae
Etymology: Pseudohemiodon: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, hemi = half + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); unillano: Species name from Latin prefix 'uni' meaning one, unique, and from the Spanish word 'llano' meaning a plain terrain; alluding to the savannas or plains crossed by tributaries and the Orinoco River in Colombia and Venezuela (Ref. 128488).
Taxonomic Remarks
Previously, this species is erroneously identified as P. laticeps (Ref. 128488).
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
; acqua dolce demersale. Tropical
South America: Colombia and Venezuela.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.1 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 128488)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 7; Raggi anali molli: 5. This species can be distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: abdomen completely covered with small to medium-sized, irregularly shaped plates; area in front of gill opening without plates, ventrally; head with straight sides; and head and caudal peduncle narrower. Colouration: color pattern of dorsal body is uniform light brown without transversal dark bands, mostly in the caudal peduncle (Ref. 128488).
Cross section: oval.
Inhabits rivers and flooded areas at altitudes 135 to 334 m asl, in areas with gentle slope and sandy or clay bottoms (Ref. 128488).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Rojas-Molina, Y.A., F. Provenzano-Rizzi and H. Ramírez-Gil, 2019. A new species of whiptail armored catfish, genus Pseudohemiodon (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Orinoco River basin, Llanos region of Colombia and Venezuela Neotropical Ichthyology 17(2):e180160. (Ref. 128488)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00398 (0.00186 - 0.00854), b=3.11 (2.93 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
2.4 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179) |
Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100). 🛈 |