AquaticRepublic.com - Denticetopsis seducta (Cetopsidae) All Fishes

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Reserva Florestal Adolfo Ducke, Amazonas State, Br

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Scientific Name	**Denticetopsis seducta** Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Common Name	Red Dwarf Whale Catfish
Type Locality	Caño "Sabalito," small creek on terra firma about 40 kilometers south of Iquitos (4°14'45"S, 73°24'57"W), Loreto, Peru.
Pronunciation	den tee sea top siss - sed uck tah
Etymology	The specific epithet comes from the Latin seducta, meaning remote or apart, in reference to the disjunct distribution of this species relative to congeners.
Species Information
Size	51mm or 2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Appears most similar to D. praecox but the fish pictured here is from south eastern Peru, nowhere near the Rio Negro Basin and the locality from which the former species was described. Distinguished from congeners in having a combination of the following characters: lack of elongate, symphyseal teeth on the dentary, a reduced lateral line extending posteriorly onto at least the caudal peduncle, presence of teeth on vomer, dorsal fin with 5 or 6 segmented rays and with first ray spinous basally, symmetrical, shallowly-forked caudal fin, possession of horizontally-elongate, dark, stellate chromatophores on body, origin of anal-fin anterior of vertical through middle of TL, caudal peduncle depth 1.33?1.5 times in its length, middle of orbit located at anterior 0.25-0.27 of HL, head width 0.61?0.70 times in head length, three rows of premaxillary teeth, caudal fin uniformly dark, heavily pigmented pectoral fin and 39-42 total vertebrae.
Sexing	No distinct sexual dimorphism present
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Rio Amazonas and rio Orinoco. Amazon, Upper Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) (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	5.0 - 7.0
Temperature	22.0-27.0°C or 71.6-80.6°F (Show species within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Readily feeds on live/frozen foods. Will also take other prepared foods such as pellets readily. User data.
Furniture	Provide plenty of driftwood as hiding spaces.
Compatibility	Fairly peaceful species suitable for a community tank. Should not be kept with very small fishes.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Neotropical Ichthyology v. 3 (no. 2), pp 218, Fig. 53.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:38 (species record created: 2003 Nov 29 00:00)