FB-63524 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63524 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gadiformes Bregmacerotidae Bregmaceros Bregmaceros pseudolanceolatus Torii, Javonillo & Ozawa, 2004 2007-11-19 2021-09-27 Fernández, L., L.J. Saucedo, F.M. Carvajal-Vallejos and S.A. Schaefer0 A new phreatic catfish of the genus <i>Phreatobius</i> Goeldi 1905 from groundwaters of the Iténez River, Bolivia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Zootaxa 1626:51-58. (Ref. 59347) FB-GeneralDescr-63533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2007-11-27 00:00:00 2019-09-04 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63533 Occurs in artificial wells with transparent water, depth range 6 to 12 m and diameter of approximately 1 m (Ref. 59347). The water in the wells is used locally for human consumption. This fish is often mistaken for parasitic leeches " sanguijuelas" due to its bright, blood-red color and vermiform shape. For this reason, this is killed upon incidental capture when extracting drinking water from wells. Fernández, L., L.J. Saucedo, F.M. Carvajal-Vallejos and S.A. Schaefer 2007 A new phreatic catfish of the genus <i>Phreatobius</i> Goeldi 1905 from groundwaters of the Iténez River, Bolivia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Zootaxa 1626:51-58. (Ref. 59347) FB-DiagnosticDescr-63533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2007-11-28 00:00:00 2007-11-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63533 Distinguished from other siluriform genera by having the following combination of characters: dorsal and ventral procurrent caudal-fin rays extended rostrally, dorsally reaching a vertical position on dorsal-fin base posterior to dorsal-fin insertion, ventrally continuous with anal fin; caudal fin round; all anal-fin rays unbranched; mouth prognathous, with jaws displaced dorsally on head; adductor mandibulae muscle hypertrophied, covering most of skull and inserting posteriorly onto first neural spine; first pectoral-fin ray soft, not spinous; bright red in life. Differs uniquely from its congeners by the absence of eyes, presence of 25-34 dorsal procurrent caudal fin rays; 14-16 ventral procurrent caudal fin rays; 45-46 vertebrae (Ref. 59347). Fernández, L., L.J. Saucedo, F.M. Carvajal-Vallejos and S.A. Schaefer 2007 A new phreatic catfish of the genus <i>Phreatobius</i> Goeldi 1905 from groundwaters of the Iténez River, Bolivia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Zootaxa 1626:51-58. (Ref. 59347) FB-Morphology-63533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2007-11-28 00:00:00 2007-11-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63533 Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analsoft rays: 19 - 20; Vertebrae: 45 - 46 Fernández, L., L.J. Saucedo, F.M. Carvajal-Vallejos and S.A. Schaefer 2007 A new phreatic catfish of the genus <i>Phreatobius</i> Goeldi 1905 from groundwaters of the Iténez River, Bolivia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Zootaxa 1626:51-58. (Ref. 59347) FB-Distribution-63533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2007-11-27 00:00:00 2007-11-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63533 South America: artificial wells near Río Paraguá, a tributary of the Río Iténez in Bolivia. Fernández, L., L.J. Saucedo, F.M. Carvajal-Vallejos and S.A. Schaefer 2007 A new phreatic catfish of the genus <i>Phreatobius</i> Goeldi 1905 from groundwaters of the Iténez River, Bolivia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Zootaxa 1626:51-58. (Ref. 59347) FB-Size-63533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2007-11-27 00:00:00 2019-09-04 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63533 4.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 59347)) Fernández, L., L.J. Saucedo, F.M. Carvajal-Vallejos and S.A. Schaefer 2007 A new phreatic catfish of the genus <i>Phreatobius</i> Goeldi 1905 from groundwaters of the Iténez River, Bolivia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Zootaxa 1626:51-58. (Ref. 59347) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-63533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2007-11-27 00:00:00 2019-09-04 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63533 demersal; freshwater