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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Loricariinae
Etymology: Pseudohemiodon: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, hemi = half + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); unillano: Species name from Latin prefix 'uni' meaning one, unique, and from the Spanish word 'llano' meaning a plain terrain; alluding to the savannas or plains crossed by tributaries and the Orinoco River in Colombia and Venezuela (Ref. 128488).

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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South America: Colombia and Venezuela.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128488)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 5. This species can be distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: abdomen completely covered with small to medium-sized, irregularly shaped plates; area in front of gill opening without plates, ventrally; head with straight sides; and head and caudal peduncle narrower. Colouration: color pattern of dorsal body is uniform light brown without transversal dark bands, mostly in the caudal peduncle (Ref. 128488).

Inhabits rivers and flooded areas at altitudes 135 to 334 m asl, in areas with gentle slope and sandy or clay bottoms (Ref. 128488).

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Rojas-Molina, Y.A., F. Provenzano-Rizzi and H. Ramírez-Gil, 2019. A new species of whiptail armored catfish, genus Pseudohemiodon (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Orinoco River basin, Llanos region of Colombia and Venezuela Neotropical Ichthyology 17(2):e180160. (Ref. 128488)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 December 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00347 (0.00159 - 0.00757), b=3.14 (2.96 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.4 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).

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