The Nature LibraryEN·ES
GBIF·2343603speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyHeptapteridae
  5. ›genusChasmocranus
No openly licensed image yet. Many species are known only from a description and a specimen in a drawer.
IUCN LC · Least concern

Chasmocranus brevior

Chasmocranus brevior Eigenmann, 1912

Also calledanténovka maronská (ces) · bagrinho (por)

First described in: Eigenmann, C. H. (1912). The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species, and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands. <em>Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 1): i-xxii + 1-578, Pls. 1-103.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

biology_ecology

ECOLOGY. — Observed in median to large streams sites, in low current velocity areas. Nocturnal species that hides during the day. Captured using rotenone.

Fishes of the Mitaraka Mountains (French Guiana)

distribution

DISTRIBUTION IN FRENCH GUIANA. — Known from a few small stream sites in the Maroni and Mana drainage basins.

Fishes of the Mitaraka Mountains (French Guiana)

materials_examined

OCCURENCES. — S 8, S 9. SPECIMENS IN COLLECTION. — 1 MNHN (MNHN-IC- 2018 - 0483); 1 Hydreco.

Fishes of the Mitaraka Mountains (French Guiana)

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Chasmocranus brevior in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2343603.