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Scientific Name	**Stauroglanis gouldingi** de Pinna, 1989
Common Name	Ghost Candiru
Type Locality	Cachoeira do Aracu, River Daraá (River Negro drainage system), Amazonas State, Brazil.
Pronunciation	gool ding eye
Species Information
Size	27mm or 1.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Daraá River, Negro River basin. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Middle Negro, Daraá (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 2018.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	The species is rheophilic. Dwells on patches of loose sand where water flow forms ephemeral sand ripples. Diurnal and mostly visually oriented, forages on aquatic immature benthic insects (dipterans and coleopterans). Moves along the ripple grooves while scanning the bottom back and forth, alternating between adjacent grooves. Feeding activity peaks at late morning and afternoon. When disturbed buries in the sand, and at night remains buried. User data.
Breeding	Seasonal reproduction indicated by mature females caught in the wet months.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	American Museum Novitates No. 2950, pp 7, Figs. 1-3.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:31 (species record created: 2004 Mar 07 00:00)