Epapterus blohmi

Epapaterus blohmi
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Auchenipteridae
Subfamily:	Auchenipterinae
Genus:	Epapterus
Species:	E. blohmi
Binomial name
	Epapterus blohmi; Vari, S. L. Jewett, Taphorn & C. R. Gilbert, 1984

Epapterus blohmi is a species of driftwood catfish distributed in the Orinoco River basin and Tuy River of the Caribbean coast of Venezuela.^[1] E. blohmi grows to 8.5 cm (3.3 in) SL. It is found in a variety of habitats where there is poor visibility and the water is still or slow-flowing. It feeds on filamentous algae and other plant material during the dry season.^[2]

References

^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Epapaterus blohmi" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

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[1] Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Epapaterus blohmi" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

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