Chasmocranus longior • Heptapteridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Chasmocranus longior** Eigenmann, 1912
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Amatuk, Guyana.
Synonym(s)	Hepapterus longior
Pronunciation	chaz moe kran uss
Etymology	Chasmocranus: Greek, chanos, -eos, ous, and chasma, -atos = abyss, mouth opened, inmensity + Greek, kranion = skull.
Species Information
Size	170mm (6.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Coastal drainages from Guyana to Suriname, Negro, Orinoco and Xingu River basins. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1), pp160 Fig. 33; Pl. 14 (fig. 2).
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Chasmocranus longior Eigenmann, 1912

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Amatuk, Guyana.

Synonym(s)

Hepapterus longior

Pronunciation

chaz moe kran uss

Etymology

Chasmocranus: Greek, chanos, -eos, ous, and chasma, -atos = abyss, mouth opened, inmensity + Greek, kranion = skull.

Species Information

Size

170mm (6.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Coastal drainages from Guyana to Suriname, Negro, Orinoco and Xingu River basins.
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu (click on these areas to find other species found there)