Dianema

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Dianema is a small genus of South American freshwater catfish known for their armored bodies and bottom-dwelling behavior.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dianema canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
activityPeriod mostly nocturnal ⓘ
aquariumTrade occasionally kept in aquaria ⓘ
belongsToSubfamily Callichthyinae ⓘ
linked to: Callichthyidae
bodyCharacteristic armored body ⓘ
bony plates ⓘ
bodyShape elongated body ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
containsTaxon Dianema longibarbis ⓘ
Dianema urostriatum ⓘ
describedBy Johann Jakob Heckel ⓘ
describedInYear 1843 ⓘ
diet detritus ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ
distribution Amazon Basin ⓘ
Orinoco Basin ⓘ
ecologicalNiche bottom-dwelling fish ⓘ
ecologicalRole benthic detritivore ⓘ
invertebrate predator ⓘ
environment river floodplains ⓘ
slow-moving streams ⓘ
family Callichthyidae ⓘ
feedingType benthic feeder ⓘ
finPosition adipose fin present ⓘ
habitat freshwater ⓘ
hasBehavior bottom foraging ⓘ
schooling ⓘ
hasCommonName armored catfish ⓘ
hasVertebrateStatus vertebrate ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifestyle demersal ⓘ
nativeTo South America ⓘ
order Siluriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
region tropical South America ⓘ
relatedTo Callichthys ⓘ
Corydoras ⓘ
reproduction egg-laying ⓘ
respirationAdaptation intestinal air-breathing ⓘ
sensoryAdaptation barbels around mouth ⓘ
skeletonType bony fish ⓘ
taxonAuthor Johann Jakob Heckel ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
waterPreference slightly acidic water ⓘ
soft water ⓘ
waterType tropical freshwater ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Callichthyidae → containsGenus → Dianema ⓘ