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Aspredinidae
Gnarled catfish
Bunocephalus verrucosus
Warty body resting on Amazon riverbeds
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallGnarled catfish is a freshwater fish from South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 9.8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Aspredinidae
- Genus
- Bunocephalus
- Maximum length
- 9.8 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: rivers of Guyana and the Amazon River basin.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
