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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Lithogenes wahari Schaefer & Provenzano, 2008 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Caño Päwä, about 30 minutes walk from its mouth with Río Cuao, Amazonas, Venezuela. |
| Etymology | The specific name wahari is taken from the Piaroa name Rúa-Wahari, the god of the creation according to the Piaroa peoples. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 78mm or 3.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Known only from the middle section of the Río Cuao, a clear-water tributary of the Río Sipapo of the Orinoco River basin of south-western Venezuela. Orinoco, Middle Orinoco, Sipapo, Cuao (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Data Deficient, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2017. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Wild caught fish had no indication of animal matter in its gut content, so presumably a mainly vegetarian diet. User data. |
| Furniture | In nature, the habitat is rocky, fast-flowing streams, so an aquarium should be set up with high current and large smooth stones. |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | American Museum Novitates No. 3637, pp 11, Figs. 6-8A-D et seq. |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it. |
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| Last Update | 2019 Oct 13 03:04 (species record created: 2009 Jan 25 05:15) |