Trichomycterus caliensis
Eigenmann, 1912
according to the origin Cali
Synonyms
jabón
Pygidium caliense
Pygidium caliense
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
beetle (Coleoptera) (larvae), diptera (Diptera) (larvae), annelids (Annelida), Trichoptera (Trichoptera) (larvae), Hundertfüßer (Chilopoda), Locusts (Orthoptera), Webspinnen (Aranae), ants (Formicidae), leech (Hirudinea), cancer (Crustacea), seed
Eats plants
not known
unknown
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
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1913 "Some Results from An Ichthyological Reconnaissance of Colombia, South America" (Indiana University studies, Vol. 1, P. 18)
- Román-Valencia, C., 2001 "Ecología trófica y reproductiva de Trichomycterus caliense y Astroblepus cyclopus (Pisces: Siluriformes) en el río Quindio, Alto Cauca, Colombia" (Revista de Biología Tropical, Vol. 49 No. 2)
- Fernández, L. & Schaefer, S.A., 2005 "New Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from an offshore island of Colombia" (Copeia, Vol. 2005 No. 1, P. 73)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 416)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 111)
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