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Scoloplacidae (Spiny dwarf catfishes)
Etymology: Scoloplax: Greek, skoloplax = a thorned plate (Ref. 45335).
Issue
Redescribed in Schaefer et al. (1989:185).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 25°C - 30°C (Ref. 6868)
South America: Amazon and Paraguay River basins.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36693)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in ox-bow lagoons which have stagnant water and bottom covered with leaf debris and other organic litter; also occurs in cut-off pond with murky water and bottom composing of mixed sand and silt with some organic debris.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Burgess, W.E., 1989. An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p. (Ref. 6868)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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