Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 15 - 18.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Heptapteridae

Genus: Gladioglanis

Species: Gladioglanis machadoi Ferraris & Mago-Leccia, 1989

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits small, heavily forested black-water streams with large leaf-litter deposits. Feeds on small invertebrates.

Habitat

demersal