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Kronichthys heylandi (Boulenger, 1900)

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Relevant Information:

There are three species in this genera, K. subteres, K. heylandi (Boulenger, 1900), and K. lacerta (Nichols, 1919). Habitat: Inhabits coastal streams with rocky and sandy bottom. Etymology: The fish is named in honour of civil engineer Herbert K. Heyland (1849-1944), who collected the type specimen and presented the specimen to the British Museum to be described. Remarks: Redescribed in Gosline (1947: 106).

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Plecostomus heylandi

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Eastern Brazilian coastal streams between Santos and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Type locality: Mountain stream in the Province São Paulo 400 feet above sea-level near Santos [Brazil].

Size:

15.0cm. TL. (6ins)

Temp:

20-24°c (67-75°f)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

Reference:

Burgess, W.E., 1989. An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 05/2023 ).

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Kronichthys heylandi

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