Trachelyopterus lucenai

Bertoletti, da Silva & Pereira, 1995
Trachelyopterus lucenai
 
Subfamily
Synonyms
Black catfish
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 ]
Map to Trachelyopterus lucenai
Substrate
sand, mud, clay
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
beetle (Coleoptera), ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera), Trichoptera (Trichoptera), , arthropod (Arthropoda), small catfishes (Siluriformes), Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera), water fleas (Cladocera), woodlice (Isopoda), decapod (Decapoda), leech (Hirudinea), small fishes, small snails (Gastropoda), shells (Bivalvia), spider (Arachnida), 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
  • 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
Pic. 2: Trachelyopterus lucenai
Pic. 3: Trachelyopterus lucenai
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