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Scientific Name	**Rhamdia reddelli** Miller, 1984
Common Name
Type Locality	Cueva del Nacimiento del Río San Antonio, about 9 kilometers southwest of Acatlán, about 18°12'N, 98°02'W, Oaxaca state, Atlantic slope of Mexico.
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'. Named in honor of James R. Reddell a pioneer in cave exploration in Latin america.
Species Information
Size	99mm or 3.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	A subterranean species of Rhamdia with a broad, moderately depressed skull in adult, long head, almost no pigmentation, and lacking eyes. Also differs from its closest relatives (R.laticauda) in having a much longer head and adipose fin, with the dorsal fin overlapping the adipose fin as well as longer maxillary barbels.
General Remarks	A subterranean species of Rhamdia.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Central America: Mexico. Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Critically Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History v. 20 (no. 8), pp 136, Fig. 1.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:17 (species record created: 2013 Apr 14 01:03)