Epapterus blohmi
Epapterus blohmi is a species of driftwood catfish distributed in the Orinoco River basin and Tuy River of the Caribbean coast of Venezuela.[1] E. blohmi grows to 8.5 cm (3.3 in) SL. It is found in a variety of habitats where there is poor visibility and the water is still or slow-flowing. It feeds on filamentous algae and other plant material during the dry season.[2]
| Epapaterus blohmi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Auchenipteridae |
| Genus: | Epapterus |
| Species: | E. blohmi |
| Binomial name | |
| Epapterus blohmi Vari, S. L. Jewett, Taphorn & C. R. Gilbert, 1984 | |
References
- Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Epapaterus blohmi" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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