FB-68693 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68693 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Loricariidae Guyanancistrus Guyanancistrus megastictus Fisch-Muller, Mol & Covain, 2018 Southern banjo catfish 2018-06-15 2018-06-15 Friel, J.P. and T.P. Carvalho0 A new species of <i>Amaralia</i> Fowler (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the Paraná-Paraguay river basin. Zootaxa 4088(4):531-546. (Ref. 111083) Petersen, P.0 Danish names and photos and other species information. Pers. Comm. (Ref. 130676) FB-GeneralDescr-68703 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-06-20 00:00:00 2018-06-20 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68703 Feeds on both the eggs and developing embryos of other catfishes (Ref. 111083). Friel, J.P. and T.P. Carvalho 2016 A new species of <i>Amaralia</i> Fowler (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the Paraná-Paraguay river basin. Zootaxa 4088(4):531-546. (Ref. 111083) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68703 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-06-20 00:00:00 2018-06-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68703 Amaralia oviraptor differs from its only congener, A. hypsiura, by having more dorsal-fin rays (3 vs. 2); by having a lateral contact between middle and posterior nuchal plates (vs. middle and posterior nuchal plates not contacting each other laterally); by having feeble serrations along the distal portion of the anterior margin of pectoral-fin spine (vs. absence of serrations along the anterior margin); and by its longer cleithral process (17.4-19.5 % of SL, mean 18.2 % vs. 14.0-17.2 % of SL, mean=15.5 %) (Ref. 111083). Friel, J.P. and T.P. Carvalho 2016 A new species of <i>Amaralia</i> Fowler (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the Paraná-Paraguay river basin. Zootaxa 4088(4):531-546. (Ref. 111083) FB-Morphology-68703 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-06-20 00:00:00 2018-06-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68703 Dorsal soft rays (total): 3; Analsoft rays: 5 - 6; Vertebrae: 29 - 31 Friel, J.P. and T.P. Carvalho 2016 A new species of <i>Amaralia</i> Fowler (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the Paraná-Paraguay river basin. Zootaxa 4088(4):531-546. (Ref. 111083) FB-Distribution-68703 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-06-20 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=68703 South America: Paraná-Paraguay River system; throughout the Paraguay River Basin in Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina; and Paraná drainage in Argentina and Brazil. Friel, J.P. and T.P. Carvalho 2016 A new species of <i>Amaralia</i> Fowler (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the Paraná-Paraguay river basin. Zootaxa 4088(4):531-546. (Ref. 111083) FB-Size-68703 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-06-20 00:00:00 2018-06-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68703 12.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 111083)) Friel, J.P. and T.P. Carvalho 2016 A new species of <i>Amaralia</i> Fowler (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the Paraná-Paraguay river basin. Zootaxa 4088(4):531-546. (Ref. 111083) 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-68703 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-06-20 00:00:00 2018-06-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68703 demersal; freshwater