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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: DaraĆ” River, Negro River basin. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Middle Negro, DaraĆ” (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a 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 | 2019 Sep 30 11:56 (species record created: 2004 Mar 07 00:00) |