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| Scientific Name | Ammoglanis multidentatus Costa, Mattos & Santos, 2019 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Rio Caldeirão, Rio Paraguaçu basin, Município de Lençóis, Estado da Bahia, Brazil, 12°39'33"S, 41°22'13"W, elevation about 340 meters. |
| Etymology | Latin multidentatus, meaning “with many teeth”, an allusion to the numerous opercular odontodes (15-16), unique among sarcoglanidines. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 20mm or 0.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Ammoglanis is a genus of diminutive slender trichomycterids. Its original description identified three unique traits for the genus: 1) slender quadrate, its maximum depth about 30% of length of its main axis; 2) expanded anterior tip of interopercle; and 3) premaxilla located posterior to mesethmoid cornu. Ammoglanis multidentatus is distinguished from all other sarcoglanidines by the presence of a ventral process on the sesamoid supraorbital, in contact with the latero-posterior process of the autopalatine (vs. process absent), a prominent dorso-lateral process on the premaxilla (vs. process absent), more opercular odontodes (opercular odontodes 15 - 16, vs. 7 - 11), and a long anteroventral process of the opercle, its length about equal the length of the opercle main axis excluding the odontode patch (vs. about one third to half length). A. multidentatus is also distinguished from all congeners in having a long sesamoid supraorbital, its length about thrice the antorbital length (vs. sesamoid supraorbital only slightly longer than the antorbital in A. amapaensis and A. diaphanus, and sesamoid supraorbital rudimentary in A. pulex), a robust opercle, its depth excluding dorsal and anteroventral processes slightly larger than the width of the dorsal extremity of the hyomandibula (vs. narrower), and more pelvic-fin rays (total of 6, vs. 4 or 5). |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Found in a single locality, the Rio Caldeirão, a tributary of the Rio São José, which is among the main tributaries of the upper Rio Paraguaçu River, Brazilian semiarid Caatinga. Pacific, West Pacific, Western Central Pacific (click on these areas to find other species found there) Mekong, Lower Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there) Bahia State Rivers, Paraguaçu, São José (Bahia) (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Diet consists of molluscs, crustaceans, other aquatic creatures and plant detritus. User data. |
| Furniture | In nature, found in a blackwater river, the bottom covered with sand and rocks, and scarce submerged riparian vegetation. |
| Compatibility | In nature, found with Aspidoras psammatides and Geophagus diamantinensis, both psammophilic species. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Vertebrate Zoology v. 70 (no. 1), pp 62, Figs. 1-2. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:31 (species record created: 2004 Oct 29 00:00) |