Synonyms
Torito (COL)
Auchenipterus trachycorystes
Black Driftwood Catfish
Black Woodcat
Iron Head Driftwood Catfish
Trachycorystes obscurus
Trachycorystes typus
Auchenipterus trachycorystes
Black Driftwood Catfish
Black Woodcat
Iron Head Driftwood Catfish
Trachycorystes obscurus
Trachycorystes typus
Length (total)
approx. 50 cm
Standard length (documented)
246.8 mm
Recommended tank size
250 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.0
Roraima, Ceará, Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA)
Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
rio Vaupés | rio Cuieiras ⇒ rio Negro | rio Pacova → rio Canumã → Paraná do Urariá → Paraná do Ramos | rio Trombetas | igarapé Cuniã → rio Madeira ⇒ Amazonas ⇒ Atlantic NE ↓ Caribic ↓
˜[ -3.141,-59.910 ]
Substrate
rocks
In water
deadwood
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
19 - 20 soft rays
17 soft rays
I / 5 - 6 rays
6 - 8 soft rays
9 - 10 soft rays
19 - 20 soft rays
17 soft rays
I / 5 - 6 rays
6 - 8 soft rays
9 - 10 soft rays
aggressive
Sympatric with
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 479
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Vol. 15, P. 214)
- Bleeker, M., 1862 "Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises : publié sous les auspices du gouvernement colonial néêrlandais"
- Günther, A.C.L.G., 1863 "On new species of fishes from the Essequibo" (The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology , Vol. 12 No. 3, P. 442)
- Royero, R. & Hureau, J.-C., 1996 "The type specimens of auchenipterid catfishes (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris" (Cybium, Vol. 20 No. 4, P. 372)
- 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)
- Britski, H.A. & Akama, A., 2011 "New species of Trachycorystes Bleeker, with comments on other species of the genus (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 9 No. 2, P. 274)
- 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)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 116)
- Queiroz, L.J. de; Torrente-Vilara, G.; Vieira, F.G.; Ohara, W.M.; Zuanon, J. & Doria, C.R.C., 2013 "Fishes of Cuniã Lake, Madeira River Basin, Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 9 No 3, P. 1)
- Collins, R.A.; Ribeiro, E.D.; Machado, V.N.; Hrbek, T. & Farias,I.P. , 2015 "A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nhamundá, Brazil (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes)" (Biodiversity Data Journal, 3: e4162)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 87)
- Briceño, L.C.P., Doque, A.B.; Trujllo,F. & Fundación Omacha, 2021 "Los peces y la pesca del sitio Ramsar río Bita - Vichada"
- Fischbase
- PCF
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for the pictures
Luís Schiesari (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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