Trichomycterus belensis
Fernández & Vari, 2002
according to the origin Departamento Belén
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Standard length (documented)
63.5 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
High above sea level
~3500 m
(Prefered) River depth
~0.50 m
Type of water
Clear water
Substrate
sand
On the riverbank
grasses
Hook beetle (Elmidae), Simuliidae (Simuliidae) (larvae), Chironomidae (Chironomidae) (larvae), stoneflies (Plecoptera)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
(9 -) 10 soft rays
6 + 6 soft rays
(10 -) 11 (- 12) soft rays
7 - 8 soft rays
i / 4 rays
6 + 6 soft rays
(10 -) 11 (- 12) soft rays
7 - 8 soft rays
i / 4 rays
Sympatric with
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 280
- 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. 739)
- López, H.L.; Miquelarena,A.M. & Menni, R.C., 2003 "Lista comentada de los peces continentales de la Argentina" (ProBiota, Serie Técnica y Didáctica, No. 5, P. 39)
- Menni, R.C., 2004 "Peces y ambientes en la Argentina continental" (Monografías del Museo Argentina Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, No. 5, P. 82)
- 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. & 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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