Cambeva igobi
Wosiacki & de Pinna, 2008
Based on a mythologiecal character of the Tupi-Gurani Indian legend about the Iguaçu waterfalls
Synonyms
Trichomycterus igobi
endangered
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Standard length (documented)
90.1 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Flow
strong
Substrate
rocks
Simuliidae (Simuliidae) (larvae), ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera) (larvae), Trichoptera (Trichoptera) (larvae)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
i - ii / 5 rays
6 + 7 soft rays
straight
i / (6 -) 7 rays
slightly convex
7 soft rays
i / 4 rays
6 + 7 soft rays
straight
i / (6 -) 7 rays
slightly convex
7 soft rays
i / 4 rays
Sympatric with
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
- Wosiacki, W.B. & Pinna, M. de, 2008 "Trichomycterus igobi, a new catfish species from the rio Igauçu drainage: the largest head in Trichomycteridae (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 6 No. 1)
- Datovo, A.; Carvalho, M. & Ferrer, J., 2012 "A new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus from the La Plata River basin, southern Brazil, with comments on its putative phylogenetic position (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3327, P. 41)
- Terán, G.E.; Ferrer, J.; Benitez, M.; Alonso, F.; Aguilera, G. & Mirande, J.M., 2017 "Living in the waterfalls: a new species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Tabay stream, Misiones, Argentina" (PlosOne, P. 9)
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 286)
- Katz, A.M.; Barbosa, M.A.; Mattos, J.L. de O. & Costa, W.J.E.M. da, 2018 "Multigene analysis of the catfish genus Trichomycterus and description of a new South American trichomycterine genus (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae)" (Zoosystematics and Evolution, Vol 94 No. 2, P. 563)
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