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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Siluriformes (Catfish) > Heptapteridae (Three-barbeled catfishes)
Etymology: Rhamdia: Brazilian vernacular name, Nhamdia/Jamdia (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical, preferred ?

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America: trans-Andean region of Colombia to southern Mexico.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 108688)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

This species has the following characters: pigmented body; functional eyes; dorsal fin base 14.4-19.4% of SL; origin of adipose fin anterior to the anus; maxillary barbels extend beyond pelvic fin origin; adipose fin insertion closer to the dorsal fin than to the caudal fin; brown body with a distinct lateral longitudinal dark band (Ref. 108688).

This species occupies main channel of rivers and streams, either with turbid waters and high sediment loads or with transparent waters and few nutrients. It prefers pools and slow-flowing waters of different depths and has plant material deposits and heavy substrates such as rocks and stones which serve as shelter for this fish during the day (Ref. 108688).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Bockmann, Flavio | Collaborators

Henández, C.L., A. Ortega-Lara, G.C. Sánchez-Garcés and M.H. Alford, 2015. Genetic and morphometric evidence for the recognition of several recently synonymized species of Trans-Andean Rhamdia (Pisces: Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Copeia 103(3):563-579. (Ref. 108688)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Rhamdia guatemalensis (Günther, 1864)