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Etymology: Cetopsidium: From Cetopsis, the first genus proposed in subfamily Cetopsinae, and 'idium' meaning diminutive, referring to the relatively small body sizes of the members of the genus; pemon: Named for Pemon, an Amerindian tribe whose traditional territories included the area of the type locality.
Eponymy: The Pemon are an eastern Venezuelan Amerindian tribe, whose traditional territories included the localities of the holotypes of these species. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Vari, Ferraris & dePinna.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce demersal. Tropical

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South America: Rio Caroni and rio Caura basins, southern tributaries of the rio Orinoco in Venezuela, the rio Meta basin of the rio Orinoco system in Colombia, and the upper portions of the rio Branco in Brazil.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.3 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 56045)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 5 - 6; Radios blandos anales: 21 - 26; Vértebra: 37 - 41.

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Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. | Colaboradores

Vari, R.P., C.J. Ferraris Jr. and M.C.C. de Pinna, 2005. The neotropical whale catfishes (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae), a revisionary study. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 3(2):127-238. (Ref. 56045)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 October 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00207 - 0.01214), b=3.14 (2.93 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Cetopsidium pemon Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005