poikilos (gr.) - variegated, varicolored, because the intraspecific color pattern
Synonyms
Trichomycterus poikilos
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Standard length (documented)
92.5 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
arroio Tipiaia = arroio Passo dos Buracos near Júlio de Castilhos, unnamed creek to arroio Butiá, arroio Caçador, quebrada Dentes = arroio Quebrada Dentes, arroio Erval, arroio das Figueiras, unnamed creek to rio Forqueta, rio da Gloria = rio Umbu, unnamed creek to rio Ingaí, unnamed creek to rio Ivaí, unnamed creek to rio Jacuí, rio Jordão, rio Lageado Fortaleza, rio Lajeado Engenho Velho, arroio Linha Louca, rio Passo Novo, arroio Porongos, arroio Solitária, unnamed creek to rio Soturno, arroio Tamanduá
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
rio Paranhana → rio dos Sinos | rio Pulador → rio Guaporé | rio Carreiro → rio Taquari | arroio Bertolina ➙ río Jacuí-mirim | rio Ivaí | rio Ingaí | arroio Jacuirana → rio Jacuizinho ⇒ rio Jacuí → rio Guaíba → lagoa dos Patos → Atlantic SE
[ -29.114,-53.651 ]
High above sea level
124 - 700 m
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
strong
Substrate
rocks
Simuliidae (Simuliidae) (larvae), ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera) (larvae), butterflies (Lepidoptera) (larvae)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
II / (4 -) 5 (- 6) rays
5 + 5-6 soft rays
straight
I - II / (6 -) 7 rays
slightly convex
I / 5 (- 6) rays
I / 4 rays
5 + 5-6 soft rays
straight
I - II / (6 -) 7 rays
slightly convex
I / 5 (- 6) rays
I / 4 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
- Ferrer. F. & Malabarba, L.R., 2013 "Taxonomic review of the genus Trichomycterus Valenciennes (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Laguna dos Patos system, southern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 11 No. 2, P. 231)
- Bertaco, V.A.; Ferrer, J.; Carvalho, F.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 2016 "Article Inventory of the freshwater fishes from a densely collected area in South America —a case study of the current knowledge of Neotropical fish diversity" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4138 No. 3, P. 421)
- Nascimiento, R.H.C.; Frantine-Silva, W.; Souza-Shibatta, L.; sofia, S.H.; Ferrer, J. & Shibatta, O.A., 2017 "Intrapopulational variation in color pattern of Trichomycterus davisi (Haseman, 1911) (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) corroborated by morphometrics and molecular analysis" (abstract) (Zootaxa, Vol. 4290, P. 511)
- 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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