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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Scoloplax dicra Bailey & Baskin, 1976 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Lagoon off Río Iténez, about 400 meters southwest of river opposite Costa Marques (Brazil), Beni Province, Bolivia, 12°28.38'S, 64°16.59'W. |
| Pronunciation | SKOW low plax |
| Etymology | Scoloplax: From the Greek skolos, meaning thorn and plax, meaning plate; in reference to the moveable dermal bone on top of snout (rostral plate) that is studded with large integumentary teeth. The adjectival name dicra meaning forked, cloven, or bifurcate, with reference to the forked maxillary barbel. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 14mm or 0.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Species of the neotropical family Scoloplacidae are distinguished from other Siluriformes by the presence of a conspicuous shield-shaped rostral plate bearing numerous large and recurved odontodes. Scoloplacidae is a monogeneric family endemic to South America and known from the Amazon, Paraguay, and Parana basins. The worlds smallest known catfish are from this genus, the smallest is most likely S. dolicholophia. From the original description: The dorsal and dorsolateral surfaces are light tan, slightly darker on the head, with a few indistinct narrow darker crossbars below and behind the dorsal fin. The midside and ventrolateral surfaces are clarker brown than the back; that color grades into the whitish lower surface, which is broken by scattered brown pigment cells on the belly and by narrow brown crossbars on the lower surface of the caudal peduncle. The fins are light, with indistinct brownish markings; most evident is a dark brown crossband on the caudal base that inclines downward and backward. The barbels are crossbanded with light brown. |
| Sexing | Larger male specimens with large, fleshy tissue at ventral opening. Females without tissue sack. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Amazon and Paraguay River basins. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Upper Amazon, Tarapoto wetlands (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 | |
| Furniture | Queit probably acid waters with organic trash on the bottom are part of the preferred habitat. |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan No. 674, pp 7, Figs. 1-3. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.25.127.4514 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:23 (species record created: 2012 Dec 26 21:56) |