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| Scientific Name | Batrochoglanis mathisoni Fernández-Yépez, 1972 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Río Yaracuy drainage, Venezuela. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 160mm (6.3") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Head depressed, large, wider than long, mouth wide, eyes small. Body short, robust, caudal peduncle compressed. Body black or dark brown with light band from dorsal fin onto pectoral fins and scattered irregular black spots, ventrum light. All fin margins whitish. Caudal fin cream with diffuse, black subterminal band. Maxillary barbels dark, mental barbels whitish. Juveniles have more obvious white spots. |
| General Remarks | Thought to be extremely rare in the wild with only four specimens found during five years of sampling. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Venezuela; Aroa, Yaracuy and Tocuyo drainages. Aroa (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Yaracuy (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Tocuyo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| pH | 6.4 - 7.6 |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | In the wild their diet largely consists of macro invertebrates, crustaceans and small fish. |
| Furniture | In the wild they are known from clearwater piedmont and lowland streams of moderate flow. They can be found hiding under rocks and logs. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Análisis ictiológico del complejo hidrográfico (04) "Río Yaracuy". |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2009 Dec 14 03:52 (species record created: 2009 Dec 09 13:33) |
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