Fishes from the Tirimbina Biological Reserve, La Virgen de Sarapiquí, Heredia, Costa Rica
Author
Angulo, Arturo
Author
Naranjo-Elizondo, Beatriz
Author
Rojas, Emmanuel
Author
Ley-López, Juan Manuel
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2017-10-27
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/13.5.683
journal article
10.15560/13.5.683
1809-127X
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Rhamdia nicaraguensis
(
Günther 1864: 125
)
; Catfish
(En), Barbudo (Sp)
Figure 3C
Body very elongate; 3 pairs of barbels, maxillary barbels usually extending beyond the dorsal fin origin up to the pelvic fin insertion; scales absent; fins with strong spines; serrations present only on the inner (posterior) margin of the pectoral fin spine, or absent; a single dorsal fin; adipose fin present, its base larger than the base of the dorsal fin and occupying about 75% or more of the distance between the dorsal fin insertion and the origin of the caudal fin; caudal fin forked; general coloration brownish gray, darker dorsally, usually dark gray to tan, and paler, usually yellowish white or almost white, ventrally; the dorsal and caudal fins are dusky and the paired and anal fins are almost gray, transparent or white lightly pigmented; maximum body length ca
260 mm
SL.