Rhizosomichthys totae
Miles, 1942
(Type species)
according to the origin Lago de Tota
Synonyms
Greasefish
Pygidium totae
Trichomycterus totae
Pygidium totae
Trichomycterus totae
critical endangered
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
120.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
High above sea level
~3020 m
Eats plants
not known
unknown
iv - v / 5 - 6 rays
13 soft rays
v - vi / 7 - 9 rays
8 soft rays
i / 4 rays
13 soft rays
v - vi / 7 - 9 rays
8 soft rays
i / 4 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. 278
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 278
- Miles, C., 1942 "Descripción sistemática del "Pez Graso" del Lago de Tota (Boyacá)" (Caldasia, Vol. 5, P. 55)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 412)
- Schäfer, S.A. & Fernández, L., 2009 "Redescription of the Pez Graso, Rhizosomichthys totae (Trichomycteridae), of Lago de Tota, Colombia, and Aspects of Cranial Osteology Revealed by Microtomography" (Copeia, Vol. 2009 No. 3, P. 510)
- 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" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 69)
- Mojica,J.I.& Agudelo-Zamora, H.D., 2018 "Historical review, catalog of type specimens and online database of the ichthyology collection of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (ICN-MHN)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4478 No. 1, P. 39)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Please help with your pictures and information to complete the database: database(at)welsfans.de
Link: https://www.suedamerikafans.de/en/wels-datenbank/welsart/?art=2766
2766