Dupouyichthys sapito • Aspredinidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Dupouyichthys sapito** Schultz, 1944
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Río Motatán, at the bridge 22 km north of Motatán, Venezuela.
Etymology	Dupouyichthys: Named after W Dupouy, a former director of the Museo de Ciencias Naturales in Caracas, Venezuela. Named sapito after the common name of this species in the Maracaibo Basin. A literal translation would be Sapo, which is Spanish for toad.....and the -ito suffix would indicate a small toad.
Species Information
Size	30mm (1.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Magdalena River and Lake Maracaibo basins. Lake Maracaibo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena (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	Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus.v. 94 (no. 3172) - pp245 - Pl. 4 (fig. D); Fig. 4b
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Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2010 Nov 22 16:57 (species record created: 2002 Oct 16 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Dupouyichthys sapito Schultz, 1944

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Río Motatán, at the bridge 22 km north of Motatán, Venezuela.

Etymology

Dupouyichthys: Named after W Dupouy, a former director of the Museo de Ciencias Naturales in Caracas, Venezuela. Named sapito after the common name of this species in the Maracaibo Basin. A literal translation would be Sapo, which is Spanish for toad.....and the -ito suffix would indicate a small toad.

Species Information

Size

30mm (1.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Magdalena River and Lake Maracaibo basins.
Lake Maracaibo (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena (click on these areas to find other species found there)