Biology:Entomocorus benjamini
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| Entomocorus benjamini | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Auchenipteridae |
| Genus: | Entomocorus |
| Species: | E. benjamini
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| Binomial name | |
| Entomocorus benjamini C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
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Entomocorus benjamini is a species of driftwood catfish found in the Madeira River system in Bolivia and Brazil .[1] This species grows to a length of 7.0 cm and can be distinguished from it congeners in that the distal half of dorsal caudal fin lobe and the edge of the ventral lobe is pigmented.[2]
E. benjamini is an invertivore that feeds on aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates (primarily insects), zooplankton (including cladocerans, copepods, and rotiferans), and both aquatic and terrestrial vegetation.[2] A single fish could ingest as many as 1700 planktonic crustaceans in a single night, when this species feeds near the water surface.[3]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Entomocorus benjamini" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Reis, Roberto E.; Borges, Thiago A. K. (2006). Armbruster, J. W.. ed. "The South American Catfish Genus Entomocorus (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae), with the Description of a New Species from the Paraguay River Basin". Copeia 2006 (3): 412–422. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2006)2006[412:TSACGE2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ Rodriguez, Marco A.; Richardson, Susan E.; Lewis, William M. Jr. (1990). "Nocturnal Behavior and Aspects of the Ecology of a Driftwood Catfish, Entomocorus gameroi (Auchenipteridae)". Biotropica (The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation) 22 (4): 435–438. doi:10.2307/2388565.
Further reading
- Eigenmann, CH (1917). "New and rare species of South American Siluridae in the Carnegie Museum." Annals of Carnegie Museum. 11:398–404. Original description.
Wikidata ☰ Q3761498 entry
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