Taunayia bifasciata
Eigenmann & Norris, 1900
(Type species)
Synonyms
Nannoglanis bifasciatus
vulnerable
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Locality
in a cave
Nutrition (mostly): insect-eater
ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera), beetle (Coleoptera), annelids (Annelida), Megaloptera (Megaloptera) (larvae), diptera (Diptera) (larvae), Trichoptera (Trichoptera) (larvae), gnats (Tipulidae) (larvae), stoneflies (Plecoptera), water bug (Heteroptera)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
9 - 11 soft rays
I / 6 rays
I / 6 rays
Sympatric with
Trichomycterus alternatus
Trichomycterus itatiayae
Astyanax scabripinnis
Characidium alipioi
Characidium lauroi
Gymnotus pantherinus
Pareiorhina sp.
Trichomycterus sp.
Trichomycterus itatiayae
Astyanax scabripinnis
Characidium alipioi
Characidium lauroi
Gymnotus pantherinus
Pareiorhina sp.
Trichomycterus sp.
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- de Oliveira, J.C. & Britski , H.A., 2000 "Redescrição de Taunayia bifasciata (Eigenmann & Norris, 1900), comb. nova, um bagre enigmático do Estado de São Paulo (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae, Heptapterinae)" (Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia) P. 119
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 426
- Eigenmann, C.H. & Norris, A.A., 1900 "Sobre alguns peixes de Sao Paulo, Brazil" (Revista do Museu Paulista, Vol. 4, P. 350)
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1918 "Tres generos e dezesete especies novas de peixes brasileiros determinados nas collecções do Museu Paulista" (Revista do Museu Paulista, Vol. 10, P. 642)
- Trajano, E. & Bockmann, F.A., 2000 "Ecology and behaviour of a new cave catfish of the genus Taunayia from northeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 11 No. 3, P. 208)
- Souza Braga, F.M. de & Moraes Andrade, P. de, 2005 "Distribuição de peixes na microbacia do Ribeirão Grande, Serra da Mantiqueira Oriental, São Paulo, Brasil" (Iheringia. Série Zoologia, Vol. 95 No. 2, P. 124)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 203)
- Rondineli, G.; Carmassi, A.L. & Souza Braga, F.M. de, 2011 "Biological information of Taunayia bifasciata (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae): a threatened and unknown catfish" (Zoologia, Vol. 28 No. 4)
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 245)
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