Description

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Vertebrae: 24 - 25. Differs from its congeners in having bifid serrations restricted to distal tip on ossified portion of pectoral spine posterior border (versus single or bifid serrations along entire posterior border) and presence of irregular arclike brown blotch on caudal peduncle (versus absence). Head with an irregular row of minute pores (Ref. 44774).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Callichthyidae

Genus: Aspidoras

Species: Aspidoras depinnai Britto, 2000

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

benthopelagic