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Rio Nhamundá, Brazil

All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Batrochoglanis villosus** (Eigenmann, 1912)
Common Name	Jelly Catfish
Type Locality	Potaro Landing, Guyana.
Synonym(s)	Arius albicans, Pseudopimelodus raninus villosus, Pseudopimelodus villosus
Species Information
Size	148mm or 5.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Demerara River, Essequibo basin, Orinoco, and Amazon River basin. Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Nhamundá (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
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1), pp 152, Fig. 32, Pl. 10 (fig. 1)
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:37 (species record created: 2001 Oct 06 00:00)