according to the origin Amazonas-Einzug
Synonyms
Trichomycterus amazonicus
Asu
Bio
Leopard Candiru
Asu
Bio
Leopard Candiru
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
7 soft rays
straight to slightly convex
8 soft rays
slightly convex
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
straight to slightly convex
8 soft rays
slightly convex
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
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
- Costa, W.J.E.M. & Bockmann, F.A., 1993 "Un nouveau genre néotropical de la famille des Trichomycteridae (Siluriformes: Loricarioidei)" (Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie) P. 43
- 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
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1882 "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flussfische Südamerikas IV." (Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 19, P. 178)
- Datovo, A.; Aquino, P.P.U. & Langeani, F., 2016 "A new species of Ituglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Tocantins and Paranaíba river basins, central Brazil, with remarks on the systematics of the genus" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4171 No 3, P. 454)
- Castro, Í.S. & Wosiacki, W.B., 2017 "Ituglanis compactus, a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the rio Jari drainage, lower Amazon, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4244, P. 215)
- 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 - Species deleted from the Colombian continental ichthyofauna" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 15)
- Nugra, F.; Abad, D. & Zárate, E., 2018 "Guía De Peces Del Alto Nangaritza "
- Mendonça. M.B.; Oyakawa, O.T. & Wosiacki, W.B., 2018 "A new species of Ituglanis Costa & Bockmann, 1993 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Rio Ribeira de Iguape and upper Rio Tietê basins, southeastern Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4504 No. 4, P. 484)
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for the pictures
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Steindachner, Franz (1882) (PD)
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