 Summary of chasmocranus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pronounced | chaz moe kran uss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Etymology | Chasmocranus: Greek, chanos, -eos, ous, and chasma, -atos = abyss, mouth opened, inmensity + Greek, kranion = skull. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size | Smallest 49mm, largest 170mm, average 99mm, most commonly 170mm. All SL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Species | There are 12 "species" in the database | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Keepers | 10 species (83%) are being kept by registered keepers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Most Kept Species | |
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| 1. | (25%) |
| 2. | (8.33%) |
| 3. | Chasmocranus bleekeri (8.33%) |
| 4. | Chasmocranus truncatorostris (8.33%) |
| 5. | Chasmocranus surinamensis (8.33%) |
| 6. | Chasmocranus rosae (8.33%) |
| 7. | Chasmocranus peruanus (8.33%) |
| 8. | Chasmocranus chimantanus (8.33%) |
| 9. | Chasmocranus brachynema (8.33%) |
| 10. | Chasmocranus brevior (8.33%) |
/siluriformes/heptapteridae/chasmocranus/longior/1.jpg "Chasmocranus longior")
/siluriformes/heptapteridae/chasmocranus/tapanahoniensis/1.jpg "Chasmocranus tapanahoniensis")
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/siluriformes/heptapteridae/chasmocranus/longior/1.jpg "Chasmocranus longior - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/heptapteridae/chasmocranus/quadrizonatus/1.jpg "Chasmocranus quadrizonatus - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/heptapteridae/chasmocranus/tapanahoniensis/1.jpg "Chasmocranus tapanahoniensis - Click for species page")