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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Tenellus trimaculatus (Boulenger, 1898) |
| Common Names | Three Spot Mouse Catfish Treplettet Musemalle (Denmark) |
| Type Locality | Rio Juruá, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | Leptodoras trimaculatus, Nemadoras trimaculatus, Opsodoras ogilviei, Opsodoras ogilviev, Opsodoras trimacualtus, Opsodoras trimaculatus, Oxydoras trimaculatus |
| Etymology | Tenellus comes from the Latin tener, meaning delicate, in reference to the delicate appearance of those dorads. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 108mm or 4.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo River basins. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo, Rupununi (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Juruá (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the 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 | Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 14 (pt 7, no. 2) pp422 Pl. 40 (fig. 1) |
| Registered Keepers | There are 4 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.12.1108.1823 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 01:40 (species record created: 2006 Feb 20 00:00) |