Pseudohemiodon almendarizi Provenzano, Argüello & Barriga Salazar, 2022
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Loricariinae
Etymology: Pseudohemiodon: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, hemi = half + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); almendarizi: Name 'almendarizi' in honor of Ana de Lourdes Almendáriz for her significant contributions to the Ecuador herpetofauna knowledge and her enthusiasm and friendship for many years. A noun in apposition.
Etymology: Pseudohemiodon: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, hemi = half + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); almendarizi: Name 'almendarizi' in honor of Ana de Lourdes Almendáriz for her significant contributions to the Ecuador herpetofauna knowledge and her enthusiasm and friendship for many years. A noun in apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
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South America: Ecuador.
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 5. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: abdomen totally covered with small to medium-sized, irregularly shaped plates; small, bony plates, anterior to gill openings absent; 12-15 coalescing lateral scutes; thoracic plates (between pectoral and pelvic fins) fold sideways; eyes relatively smaller, its diameter without notch fits 12.0-12.7 times in HL; body less wide at anal-fin origin 10.4%-12.0% SL; and six or seven wide and dark transverse bands, posterior to dorsal-fin (Ref. 138934).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Provenzano-Rizzi, F., P. Argüello and R. Barriga-Salazar, 2022. The genus Pseudohemiodon (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) in Ecuador,
with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5129(1):077-091. (Ref. 138312)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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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 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
2.6 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |