Biology:Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis

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Short description: Species of catfish

Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis
Live-color photograph of Guyanancistus brownsbergensis -- modified from Fig. 6 in Fisch-Muller, Mol & Covain (2018).png
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Guyanancistrus
Species:
G. brownsbergensis
Binomial name
Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis
Mol, Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2018

Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Kumbu Creek, which is part of the Saramacca River basin, in Brownsberg Nature Park in the Brownsberg Mountains in Suriname. The type locality of the species is a small mountain stream with a width of 2.5 to 3.7 m (8.2 to 12.1 ft), a depth of 28 to 50 cm (11 to 19.7 inches), a temperature of 23.1 to 23.2 °C (73.6 to 73.8 °F), an oxygen concentration of 7.08 to 7.72 g/mL, an oxygen saturation of 93% to 96%, a pH of 7 to 7.5, a conductivity of 30.8 to 31.6 μS/cm, and a current strength of 0.29 to 0.56 m/s. The stream has clear water and a substrate composed of sand, gravel, pebbles, bedrock, and boulders, and overhanging vegetation, leaf litter, and woody debris are present. The species reaches 6.4 cm (2.5 inches) in standard length. It is known that the habitat of the species is threatened by illegal gold mining.[2]

References

  1. Fisch-Muller, Sonia & Mol, Jan & Covain, Raphael. (2018). An integrative framework to reevaluate the Neotropical catfish genus Guyanancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with particular emphasis on the Guyanancistrus brevispinis complex. PLOS ONE. 13. e0189789. 10.1371/journal.pone.0189789.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds (2022). "Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis". https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Guyanancistrus-brownsbergensis. 

Wikidata ☰ Q47461856 entry