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Heptapteridae (Three-barbeled catfishes)
Etymology: Gladioglanis: Latin, gladius = sword + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Antonio Machado-Allison (d: 1945) is a Venezuelan zoologist and biologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce demersale. Tropical
South America: Orinoco and Negro River basins.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 12783)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 2; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 6; Raggi anali molli: 15 - 18.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Inhabits small, heavily forested black-water streams with large leaf-litter deposits. Feeds on small invertebrates.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Ferraris, C.J. Jr. and F. Mago-Leccia, 1989. A new genus and species of pimelodid catfish from the Río Negro and Río Orinoco drainages of Venezuela (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae). Copeia 1989(1):166-171. (Ref. 12783)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00374 - 0.01688), b=2.97 (2.79 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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