Trachelyopterus lucenai
Bertoletti, da Silva & Pereira, 1995
Synonyms
Penharol
Porrudo
Black catfish
Porrudo
Black catfish
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
213.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Rio Grande do Sul, Río Negro, Durazno, Flores, Soriano
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
laguna Merín → canal São Gonçalo | rio Guaíba ⇒ lagoa dos Patos | rio Três Forquilhas → lagoa dos Quadros → rio Tramandaí | río Uruguay → río de la Plata ⇒ Atlantic SE
˜[ -29.967,-51.250 ]
Substrate
sand, mud, clay
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
molluscs (Mollusca), fishes, beetle (Coleoptera), insects (aquatic), ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera), Trichoptera (Trichoptera), , water fleas (Cladocera), Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera), arthropod (Arthropoda), small catfishes (Siluriformes), small fishes, spider (Arachnida), shells (Bivalvia), small snails (Gastropoda), leech (Hirudinea), decapod (Decapoda), woodlice (Isopoda), diptera (Diptera)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Bertoletti, J.J.; da Silva, J.F.P. & Pereira, E.H.L., 1995 "A new species of the catfish genus Trachelyopterus (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae) from southern Brazil" (Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie) P. 71
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 478
- Maia, R.; Artioli, L.G.S. & Hartz, S.M., 2013 "Diet and reproductive dynamics of Trachelyopterus lucenai (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) in subtropical coastal lagoons in southern Brazil" (Zoologia (Curitiba), Vol. 30 No. 3)
- Serra, S.; Bessonart, J.; Mello, F.T. de; Duarte, A.; Malabarba, L.& Loureiro, M. , 2014 "Peces del río Negro"
- Corrêa, F.; de Oliveira, E.F.; Tuchtenhagen, T.; Pouey, J. & Piedras, S., 2015 "Ichthyofauna of the hydrographic basin of the Chasqueiro Stream (Mirim Lagoon system, southern Brazil): generating subsidies for conservation and management" (Biozs Nroztopica, Vol. 15 No. 4)
- Bertaco, V.A.; Ferrer, J.; Carvalho, F.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 2016 "Article Inventory of the freshwater fishes from a densely collected area in South America —a case study of the current knowledge of Neotropical fish diversity" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4138 No. 3, P. 416)
- Nión, H.; Rios, C. & Meneses, P., 2016 "Peces del Uruguay - Lista sistemática y nombres comunes"
- Malabarba, L.R.;Hirschmann,A.; Lucena,C.A.S. de; Giora,J.; Wingert,J.M.; Ferrer,J.; Silva,P.C ; Angrizani,R.C.; Costa Ramos,R. da; Kullander,S.; Carvalho,T.P.; Bertaco,V.; Fialho,C.B. & Bonato,K.O., 2025 "Guia Peixes do Bioma Pampa"
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