Hatcheria macraei
Girard, 1855
(Type species)
Synonyms
Bagre del Torrente
Hatcheria patagoniensis
Hatcheria pique
Hatcheria titcombi
Pygidium burmeisteri
Pygidium macraei
Thrichomycterus macraei
Hatcheria patagoniensis
Hatcheria pique
Hatcheria titcombi
Pygidium burmeisteri
Pygidium macraei
Thrichomycterus macraei
Length (total)
approx. 21 cm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
río Uspallata basin near Uspallata, río Chubut, río Colorado, río Mendoza, río Negro, río Picún Leufú, río Rahue, río Baker = río Cochrane, arroyo Comajo, río Cruces, río Cullin, lago General Carrera, laguna Larga = lago Largo, río Mañio, río Manso, río Nef, río Oscuro, río Pinturas, río Quinchilca, río Tel
Mendoza, Santa Cruz (ARG), Chibut, Río Negro (ARG), Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Neuquén, Aisén, Los Ríos, Araukanien, Los Lagos
Argentina, Chile
'embalse Ezequiel Ramos Mexia | río Aluminé → río Collón Curá → embalse Alicura ⇒ río Limay | río Agrio → río Neuquén ⇒ río Negro | río Mendoza → río San Juan → río Salado → río Colorado | río Pinturas ➙ río Deseado ⇒ Atlantic SE ↓\r\nrío Barrancos → río de los Nadis | lago Bertrand ⇒ río Baker | río San Pedro → río Calle-Calle ➙ río Valdivia | río Puelo → estero Reloncaví | estero Blanco Chico → río Simson → río Aisén ⇒ Pacific ↓
˜[ -32.590,-69.352 ]
High above sea level
~2133 m
(Prefered) River depth
< 0.50 m
Flow
no - small
Substrate
gravel, sand, rocks
In water
Makrophyten
diptera (Diptera), Flohkrebse (Amphipoda), Trichoptera (Trichoptera) (larvae), Bremsen (Tabanidae) (larvae), Copepods (Copepoda), leech (Hirudinea), beetle (Coleoptera) (larvae), ostracods (Ostracoden), algae, ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera) (larvae), Ceratopogonidae (Ceratopogonidae) (larvae), gnats (Tipulidae) (larvae), stoneflies (Plecoptera)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
ii - iv / 7 - 9 rays
33 - 41 soft rays
slightly incised / concave
ii - v / 15 - 21 rays
slightly concave
9 - 11 soft rays
5 soft rays
33 - 41 soft rays
slightly incised / concave
ii - v / 15 - 21 rays
slightly concave
9 - 11 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Fernández, L. & Bichuette, M.E., 2002 "A new cave dwelling species of Ituglanis from the São Domingos karst, central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters) P. 277
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 274
- Girard, C., 1855 "Contributions to the fauna of Chile"
- Arratia, G.F. & Menu-Marque, S., 1981 "Revision of the freshwater catfishes of the genus Hatcheria (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) with commentaries on ecology and biogeography" (Zoologischer Anzeiger, Vol. 207 No. 1-2, P. 99)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 405)
- Unmack, P.; Habit, E. & Johnson, J.B., 2009 "New records of Hatcheria macraei (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from Chilean Province" (Gayana, Vol. 73 No. 1)
- Ferriz, R.A., 2012 "Dieta de Hatcheria macraei (Girard, 1855) (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) en el río Chubut, Argentina" (Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, Vol. 40 No. 1, P. 248)
- Fernández, L. & Bize, J.A., 2015 "Hatcheria macraei (Girard, 1855) (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae): New record from northwestern Argentina" (CheckList, Vol. 11 No. 4)
- Fernández, L.; Nadalin, D.O.; López, H.L. & Serio, M.J., 2015 "Colección Ictiológica del Museo de la Plata: la Familia Trichomycteridae" (ProBiota, Vol. 35, P. 7)
- Sosa, C.; Mauro, J.; Battini, M.Á. & Barriga, J.P., 2016 "Reproductive strategy of the Patagonian catfish Hatcheria macraei" (abstract) (Journal of fish biology, Vol. 89 No. 3)
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