Re: NANFA-- fish size trivia question

Pete Liptrot (coelacanth_at_btinternet.com)
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 19:40:26 +0100

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> When I first looked into this, I suspected pimelodids right off the bat.
> Brachyplatystoma filamentosum get to 2.8 m (or more). But I couldn't be
sure
> that I had determined the smallest pimelodid. The smallest I could find in
> my (scant) neotropical fish library was Microglanis poecilus at 3.2 cm.
What
> species are smaller?
Well, you have Horiomyzon retropinnatus which according to the paper I have
is known up to 23mm in length (didn't think it even reached that big to be
honest).
Barthem and Goulding mention B. filamentosum at 2.8m in their 1997 work, but
I have elswhere seen reference to one just in excess of three metres.
Typically though I've lent most of my books out and so can't place the
reference right now.
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