Synonyms
Parauchenipterus striatulus
Singing Catish
Singing Catish
Length (total)
approx. 28 cm
Recommended tank size
180 cm
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
dragon-fly (Odonata), beetle (Coleoptera), small fishes, ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera), Trichoptera (Trichoptera), Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
25 - 27 soft rays
fin edging: black 
I / 5 rays
7 soft rays
6 soft rays
25 - 27 soft rays
fin edging: black 
I / 5 rays
7 soft rays
6 soft rays
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
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1876 "Die Süsswasserfische des südöstlichen Brasilien III." (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften , Vol. 74, P. 656)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 80)
- dos Santos, A.F.; Racca-Filho, F.; dos Santos, L.N. & Arauio, F.G., 2009 "The fish Trachelyopterus striatulus (Siluriforms: Auchenipteridae) used to sample insects in a tropical reservoir" (abstract) (PubMed, Vol. 57 No. 4)
- Akama, A. & Ferraris, C.J., Jr., 2011 "Spinipterus, a new genus of small, spiny catfish (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Peruvian Amazon" (Zootaxa, Vol. 2992, P. 59)
- Nión, H.; Rios, C. & Meneses, P., 2016 "Peces del Uruguay - Lista sistemática y nombres comunes"
- Santos, D.P.dos; Felicetti, D.; Baumgärtner, L.; Margarido, V.P.; Blanco, D.R.; Moreira-Filho, O. & Lui, R.L., 2021 "Contributions to the taxonomy of Trachelyopterus (Siluriformes): comparative cytogenetic analysis in three species of Auchenipteridae" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 19 No. 1)
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