Epapterus blohmi

Epapaterus blohmi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Auchenipteridae
Genus:	Epapterus
Species:	E. blohmi
Binomial name
	Epapterus blohmi; Vari, S. L. Jewett, Taphorn & C. R. Gilbert, 1984

Epapterus blohmi is a species of driftwood catfish distributed in the Orinoco River basin and Tuy River of the Caribbean coast of Venezuela. E. blohmi grows to 8.5 cm (3.3 in) SL. It is found in a variety of habitats where there is poor visibility and the water is still or slow-flowing. It feeds on filamentous algae and other plant material during the dry season.

References

↑ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Epapaterus blohmi". FishBase. December 2011 version.

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[1] Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2012-01-07.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Epapaterus blohmi". FishBase. December 2011 version.