River
Unini
3 profiles across 2 families name the Unini as a locality.
- Species
- 3
- Families
- 2
- Photographed
- 3 of 3
- Difficulty rated
- 3 of 3
Basin
Also in the Amazon basinspecies recorded from both
Shares fishes with rivers elsewherespecies recorded from both
Runs through
Brachyrhamdia rambarraniFalse Adolfoi
Heptapteridae · Axelrod & Burgess, 1987
Several Brachyrhamdia species have developed colour patterns that mimic syntopically-occurring Corydoras spp. throughout the life-cycle, and the remainder may mimic Otocinclus or smaller Corydoras spp. when juvenile. Among other catfishes they're closely-related to members of the genus Pimelodella, but differ in...
Corydoras burgessiBurgess' Cory
Callichthyidae · Axelrod, 1987
The most obvious distinguishing characters are that the black marking in the upper part of the body is restricted to the area beneath the dorsal-fin and extends into the majority of the fin , while the paler patch anterior to it, on top of the head, is yellowish rather than orangish. Additional diagnostic characters have proven unavailable thus far since it was described in a hobbyist magazi...
Corydoras davidsandsiSand's Cory
Callichthyidae · Black, 1987
The type series was said to have been collected from a "whitewater area", but images of the rio Unini depict a blackwater system typical of the rio Negro basin, and this is supported by empirical evidence. There are sections of rapidly-flowing water so perhaps this is what the author was referring to. Habitats should therefore comprise tributaries and areas of flooded forest where the water is...