FB-66843 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66843 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ophidiiformes Ophidiidae Lepophidium Lepophidium cultratum Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 2013-04-02 2013-04-02 Armbruster, J.W. and D.C. Taphorn0 Description of Neblinichthys peniculatus, a new species of loricariid catfish from the rió Paragua drainage of Venezuela. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 11(1):65-72. (Ref. 93221) Saks, L.0 Estonian Common Names, Rank 2. Personal communication (Ref. 116654) FB-GeneralDescr-66852 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-04-07 00:00:00 2021-09-24 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66852 Found rio Carapo with rapids complex. Collected from 100 m above the lower extent of the rapids as well as a rapids complex further upstream (Ref. 93221). Armbruster, J.W. and D.C. Taphorn 2013 Description of Neblinichthys peniculatus, a new species of loricariid catfish from the rió Paragua drainage of Venezuela. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 11(1):65-72. (Ref. 93221) FB-DiagnosticDescr-66852 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-04-07 00:00:00 2013-04-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66852 Distinguished from all species of Neblinichthys by having the following characters: mottling on the caudal peduncle consisting of dark spots and dashes; spots on the head; and hypertrophied snout odontodes are rather short, none as large as the eye diameter. Also differs from other congeners by the following combination of characters: iris operculum; odontodes on the opercle; and internares 3.9-4.6% HL; no spots (or at best very faint spots on a light background) on the abdomen of adult males; a rectangular dark blotch at the base of the caudal fin; internares width 10.5-12.4% HL; postanal length 28.5-30.6% SL; one preadipose plate with the adipose membrane conspicuous; and greater than 20 evertible cheek odontodes; five rays on anal fin; and large spots on the fins that clearly proceed onto the membranes; four to five bands or rows of spots in the caudal fin; and predorsal length/postanal length ratio 150.1-164.6% (Ref. 93221). Armbruster, J.W. and D.C. Taphorn 2013 Description of Neblinichthys peniculatus, a new species of loricariid catfish from the rió Paragua drainage of Venezuela. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 11(1):65-72. (Ref. 93221) FB-Morphology-66852 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-04-07 00:00:00 2013-04-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66852 Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 5 Armbruster, J.W. and D.C. Taphorn 2013 Description of Neblinichthys peniculatus, a new species of loricariid catfish from the rió Paragua drainage of Venezuela. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 11(1):65-72. (Ref. 93221) FB-Distribution-66852 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-04-07 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66852 South America: Río Carapo of the middle río Paragua in Venezuela. Armbruster, J.W. and D.C. Taphorn 2013 Description of Neblinichthys peniculatus, a new species of loricariid catfish from the rió Paragua drainage of Venezuela. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 11(1):65-72. (Ref. 93221) FB-Size-66852 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-04-07 00:00:00 2021-09-24 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66852 8.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 93221)) Armbruster, J.W. and D.C. Taphorn 2013 Description of Neblinichthys peniculatus, a new species of loricariid catfish from the rió Paragua drainage of Venezuela. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 11(1):65-72. (Ref. 93221) 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-66852 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-04-07 00:00:00 2021-09-24 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66852 demersal; freshwater