/siluriformes/pimelodidae/sorubim/trigonocephalus/1.jpg "Sorubim trigonocephalus")
Recently caught museum species/siluriformes/pimelodidae/sorubim/trigonocephalus/2.jpg "Sorubim trigonocephalus")
Holotype
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Sorubim trigonocephalus Miranda Ribeiro, 1920 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Arinos River, downstream from the mouth of Preto River, Juruena drainage, Tapajós basin, Porto Velho, Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 14°05'32.25"S, 56°19'26.44"W. |
| Pronunciation | sarw oo bim - tri gon oh cef al us. |
| Etymology | Sorubi is the Brazilian local name for this fish (and several other pimelodids), latinised to become Sorubim. This specific epithet refers to its triangular-shaped (trigono=three-sided) head (cephalus=head). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 507mm or 20" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | No other pimelodid genus possesses a dark horizontal stripe stretching entire length of head and body. |
| General Remarks | Sorubim trigonocephalus was described in 1920 by Alípio de Miranda Ribeiro, based on a single specimen collected in a locality identified as “Porto Velho”. However, in their 2016 paper, O'Hara & Neuhaus correct a nearly century old confusion and determine the type locality of this species in the Arinos River in the Tapajós basin and extend it's range to include the Xingu. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Madeira and Tapajós River basins, two Amazon tributaries. Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu (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 | |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Peixes (excl. Characinidae) No. 58 (Annexo 5), pp 12, Unnum. Pls. 10-11. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.15.44.989 | |
| Last Update | 2020 Oct 03 08:45 (species record created: 2007 Apr 20 09:39) |