All Fishes ⇒ Auchenipteridae ⇒ Ferrarissoaresia  |  | 

  • Ferrarissoaresia meridionalis
  • Ferrarissoaresia meridionalis
  • Ferrarissoaresia meridionalisBehavior: resting between leaves
  • Ferrarissoaresia meridionalisBehavior: feeding at the bottom in head-down position
  • Ferrarissoaresia meridionalisCorrego Loanda, rio Teles Pires Basin, Mato Grosso State
  • Ferrarissoaresia meridionalisHolotype, male
  • Ferrarissoaresia meridionalisHolotype, male; Dorsal view
  • Ferrarissoaresia meridionalisHolotype, male; Ventral view
  • Ferrarissoaresia meridionalisParatype, female
  • Ferrarissoaresia meridionalisParatype, female; Dorsal view
  • Ferrarissoaresia meridionalisParatype, female; Ventral view
Hop to next section All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name Ferrarissoaresia meridionalis    (Sarmento-Soares, Cabeceira, Carvalho, Zuanon & Akama, 2013)
Common Name
Type Locality Mato Grosso, Cláudia, córrego Loanda, a small tributary of rio Roquete, rio Teles Pires basin, 11°25’33.1'S, 55°16’39.3'W, Brazil.
Hop to next section Habitat Information
Distribution

Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
pH 4.2 - 5.4
Temperature 23.0-24.5°C or 73.4-76.1°F (Show species within this range)
Other Parameters In nature, collected in shallow streams. Water current speed, 0.2-0.4 m/s. Water acidic (mean pH 4.9; pH range 4.2 - 5.4). Mean temperature, 23.7 °C (min = 22.8, max = 24.5).
Hop to next section Husbandry Information
Furniture In nature, collected in shallow streams, usually covered by overhead vegetation. Stream bed composed of sand, fine sediment, leaf litter and logs. Wild-caught fish have been captured hiding in layers of leaf litter and under logs.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
Hop to next section Further Information
Reference Neotropical Ichthyology v. 11 (no. 4), pp 799, Figs. 1-5.
Registered Keepers There is no registered keeper.
Wishlists Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list.
There is no wish to keep this species.
Spotters Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars!
There is no record of this fish being seen.
Forum BBCode
Look up PlanetCatfish.com Look up F. meridionalis on PlanetCatfish.com
Look up on Fishbase Look up F. meridionalis on Fishbase
Look up on Encyclopedia of Life Look up F. meridionalis on Encyclopedia of Life
Look up on Global Biodiversity Information Facility Look up F. meridionalis on Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Ferrarissoaresia meridionalis QR code LFS label creator
ARN ref:1.22.594.6550
Last Update 2025 Jan 01 11:53 (species record created: 2015 Nov 26 06:10)