/siluriformes/trichomycteridae/scleronema/minutum/1.jpg "Scleronema minutum")
Ventral view/siluriformes/trichomycteridae/scleronema/minutum/2.jpg "Scleronema minutum")
Rio Yaguaron, Uruguay; Dorsal view/siluriformes/trichomycteridae/scleronema/minutum/3.jpg "Scleronema minutum")
Habitat in Rio Yaguaron, Uruguay/siluriformes/trichomycteridae/scleronema/minutum/4.jpg "Scleronema minutum")
Rio Yaguaron, Uruguay/siluriformes/trichomycteridae/scleronema/minutum/5.jpg "Scleronema minutum")
Dorsal view
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Scleronema minutum (Boulenger, 1891) |
| Common Names | Jaguar Mud-catfish Jaguar-muddermalle (Denmark) |
| Type Locality | San Lorenzo District, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil [= São Lourenço do Sul, 31°21'55"S, 51°58'42"W]. |
| Synonym(s) | Scleronema angustirostre |
| Etymology | Scleronema: Greek, skleros = hard + Greek, nema = filament (or thread) referring to the hard base of the maxillary barbel. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 40mm or 1.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Rio Grande Do Sul State Waters, Laguna dos Patos (click on these areas to find other species found there) Lagoa Mirim, Yaguaron (click on these areas to find other species found there) Lagoa Mirim, Cebollati (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 2020. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 (pt 2), pp 235, Pl. 26 (fig. 3). |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Last Update | 2021 Aug 31 11:24 (species record created: 2016 Dec 01 09:20) |