Trichomycterus alterus
Marini, Nichols & La Monte, 1933
Synonyms
Pygidium alterum
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Standard length (documented)
51.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
La Rioja, Catamaca, Cordoba
Argentina
río Salado ↓ río Belén | río del Valle ⇒ salar de Pipanaco ↓ embalse Cruz del Eje → río Cruz del Eje ↠ lago Salinas Grande ↓
˜[ -28.261,-67.019 ]
High above sea level
500 - 2500 m
Habitat river width
0.50 - 4.00 m
(Prefered) River depth
< 1.00 m
Type of water
Clear water
Substrate
sand, rocks
Hook beetle (Elmidae), ostracods (Ostracoden), Ceratopogonidae (Ceratopogonidae) (larvae), Chironomidae (Chironomidae) (larvae)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
v / 4 - 5 rays
6 + 6 soft rays
vi - viii / 4 - 5 rays
7 - 8 soft rays
short filament
i / 4 rays
6 + 6 soft rays
vi - viii / 4 - 5 rays
7 - 8 soft rays
short filament
i / 4 rays
Sympatric with
not known
- Fernández, L.A., 2000 "A new species of Trichomycterus from northwestern Argentina (Ostariophysi: Trichomycteridae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters) P. 352
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 279
- Marini, T.L., Nichols, J.T. & LaMonte, F.R., 1933 "Six new eastern South American Fishes examined in the American Museum of Natural History" (American Museum Novitates, No. 618, P. 2)
- Fernández, L. & Vari, R.P., 2002 "New Species of Trichomycterus from the Andes of Argentina with a Redescription of Trichomycterus alterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (Copeia, Vol. 2002 No. 3, P. 743)
- Fernández, L. & Osinaga, K., 2006 "A new Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Aguarague National Park of the Bolivian preandean region, with comments on relationships within the genus" (Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 75 No. 4, P. 387)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 415)
- Fernández, L. & Vari, R.P., 2009 "New Species of Trichomycterus from the Andean Cordillera of Argentina (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (Copeia, Vol. 2009 No. 1, P. 198)
- 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. 9)
- Fernández, L. & Bize, J.A., 2018 "New species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the High Andean Plateau of Argentina" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4504 No. 3, P. 366)
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