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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Rhinelepinae
Etymology: Pogonopoma: Greek, pogon = beard + Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: There were two people called Wertheimer on the Thayer Expedition to Brazil (1865–1866), but Steindachner did not clarify which of them he was naming the fish after. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Steindachner.
Issue
Redescription in Armbruster (1998:629)
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal. Tropical
South America: Mucuri and São Mateus River basins.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.3 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 36817)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Currently known from three coastal river drainages in southeastern Brazil. Usually found in stretches of river with mid to strong water current and rocky or sandy bottom; although some specimens were collected from a lentic habitat (Ref. 43112).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Armbruster, J.W., 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armored catfishes of the Rhinelepis group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae). Copeia 1998(3):620-636. (Ref. 33317)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Ferramentas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00631 (0.00257 - 0.01549), b=3.11 (2.90 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (17 of 100).