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  • Rhamdia laticaudaUnderwater shot - Cenote Azul nr Cancun, Mexico
  • Rhamdia laticaudaVentral view
  • Rhamdia laticaudaDorsal view
  • Rhamdia laticaudaUnderwater shot - Cenote Azul nr Cancun, Mexico
  • Rhamdia laticaudaLateral view
  • Rhamdia laticaudaUnderwater: Gran Cenote (West of Tulum, Mexico)
  • Rhamdia laticaudaUnderwater: Gran Cenote (West of Tulum, Mexico)
  • Rhamdia laticauda
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Scientific Name Rhamdia laticauda    (Kner, 1858)
Common Names Filespine Chulín
Filín (Mexico), Longfin Antenna Catfish, Longflossen-Antennenwels (Germany)
Type Locality Mexico.
Synonym(s) Pimelodus brachycephalus, Pimelodus brachypterus, Pimelodus hypselurus, Pimelodus laticaudatus, Pimelodus laticaudus, Pimelodus motaguensis, Pimelodus petenensis, Pimelodus polycaulus, Pimelodus rogersi, Pimelodus salvini, Rhamdia amatitlanensis, Rhamdia amatitlensis, Rhamdia brachycephalus, Rhamdia brachypterus, Rhamdia cabrerae, Rhamdia guatemalensis sacrifici, Rhamdia hypselurus, Rhamdia laticauda laticauda, Rhamdia laticauda typhla, Rhamdia motageunsis, Rhamdia motaguensis, Rhamdia petenensis, Rhamdia regani, Rhamdia rogersi, Rhamdia sacrificii, Rhamdia salvini, Rhamdia typhla, Rhamdia underwoodi
Pronunciation ram dee ah
Etymology The name Rhamdia is apparently a misspelling of 'nhamdiâ', an orthographic variant of the Tupi-Guarani name for the fish, 'jandiá'. 
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Size 225mm or 8.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
General Remarks Typical in highland brooks and in rivers or creeks of moderate to high current velocity, found between 35 and 1350 m elevation. Lives on sand and stone bottoms where it feeds on aquatic insects and in caves.
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Distribution Central America: Costa Rica and Panama.
Costa Rica Pacific Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Guatemala Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Honduras waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Mexico Pacific Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Mexico Caribbean Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Panama Caribbean Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Panama Pacific Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
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Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 26 (s. 373), pp 420 [50].
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:17 (species record created: 2011 Feb 03 18:48)