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Entomocorus gameroi (Catfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Entomocorus gameroi is a species of driftwood catfish native (possibly endemic) to Venezuela and questionably present in Colombia. It is found in the Apure River basin. It grows to a length of 7.0 cm and can be distinguished from its congeners by an oblique band crossing from the dorsal profile of the caudal peduncle to the middle-upper rays of the caudal fin. E. gameroi is classified as an omnivore with a tendency towards insectivory; it has been found to eat cladocerans, copepods, and water mites, as well as ostracods, insects including coleopterans, dipterans, ephemeropterans, hemipterans, and seeds and other vegetal matter.
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Predators

Pygocentrus cariba (Orinoco piranha)[1]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Food Habits of Piranhas in the Low Llanos of Venezuela, Leo G. Nico; Donald C. Taphorn, Biotropica, Vol. 20, No. 4. (Dec., 1988), pp. 311-321.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0