/siluriformes/callichthyidae/aspidoras/depinnai/1.jpg "Aspidoras depinnai")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Aspidoras depinnai Britto, 2000 |
| Common Names | Ipojuca Catfish Ipojuca-pansermalle (Denmark) |
| Type Locality | Creek at Amaraji-Primavera road, rio Ipojuca basin, 8°21'S, 35°26'W, Pernambuco State, Brazil. |
| Pronunciation | ass pee DOOR ass |
| Etymology | Aspidoras: From the Greek aspis, meaning shield and doras, meaning skin; in reference to the bony plates. Named to honour Dr. Mário de Pinna. |
| Articles |  - CotM  2010 October |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 33mm or 1.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Differs from its congeners in having bifid serrations restricted to distal tip on ossified portion of pectoral spine posterior border (versus single or bifid serrations along entire posterior border) and presence of irregular arclike brown blotch on caudal peduncle (versus absence). Head with an irregular row of minute pores. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Ipojuca River basin, Brazil. Southern Atlantic Draining Rivers, North East Brazil Coastal Rivers, Pernambucu state waters, Ipojuca (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Spawning notes kindly provided by Eric Bodrock from August 2007. A group consisting of five males and three females (all F1) were spawned in a ten-gallon tank, pH of 6.8 with an average temp around 75°F (24°C). The dGH 8 with a KH of 2. Regular spawning took place about every 3 weeks, on average about 60 eggs, usually deposit on glass sides and/or in the bottom spawning mop. The hatch rate was always low, estimate it takes about one year for them to reach sexual maturity. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Copeia 2000 (no. 4), pp 1049, Figs. 1-5. |
| Registered Keepers | There are 4 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Last Update | 2023 Aug 06 08:01 (species record created: 2006 Aug 19 04:34) |
