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| Scientific Name | Ammoglanis pulex de Pinna & Winemiller, 2000 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Río Paria Grande at bridge on road between Pto. Ayacucho and Samariapo (5°23'N, 67°37'W), Estado Amazonas, Venezuela. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet pulex means flea in Latin, in reference to the minute size of the species. A noun in apposition. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 15mm or 0.6" 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 pulex can be identified by possessing all of the following traits: 1) dark chromatophores in interior of the body, forming a banded pattern visible from both sides by transparency in the living fish; 2) lack of dentary teeth; 3) scythe-shaped lacrimal with an anterior facet articulating with the anterior palatine cartilage; and 4) lack of premaxillary teeth. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Paria Grande River , Pamoni River, and Caño Garrapata in Venezuela. Orinoco, Paraguaza (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Upper Negro, Casiquiare, Pamoni (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. |
| pH | 5.5 - 6.2 |
| Temperature | 27.5-28.0°C or 81.5-82.4°F (Show species within this range) |
| Other Parameters | In nature, found along stream segments with slow current. Temperature and pH values listed are those recorded in the wild when the species was described. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | The mouthparts of this species indicates it is a nonparasitic trichomycterid. Likely, it feeds on microscopic fauna (e.g. protozoa, rotifers, nematodes) living between sand grains in the stream bed. User data. |
| Furniture | In the wild, collected in sand banks near the shorelines of clearwater, slightly tea-stained, streams. Fish are found buried in coarse clear sand at the stream edge, at depths ranging from approximately 2 to 20 cm. The locations where fish were found were always shaded by dense tropical rain forest (gallery forest). |
| Compatibility | In nature, this species is found with a variety of other fish, including Astyanax cf. polylepis, Bryconaps sp., Capella sp., Hyphessobrycon sp., unidentified Characidae, and Aequidens diadeas. This is not to say that A. pulex is compatible with all of these, but merely that they are found together. |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 11 (no. 3), pp 257, Figs. 1-3. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:31 (species record created: 2019 Nov 27 15:59) |