Cetopsidae

Whale Catfish

Cetopsidium roae

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Cetopsidium roae is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cetopsidae, the whale catfishes. This fish is found in the upper stream of the Essequibo region in south-western Guyana, in the Rupununi basin, and upper Takutu River on the frontier of Guyana and Brazil.