Trichomycterus catamarcensis
Fernández & Vari, 2000
according to the origin Province Catamarca
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 5 cm
Standard length (documented)
35.8 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
High above sea level
~1066 m
(Prefered) River depth
< 0.50 m
Type of water
Clear water
Substrate
sand
algae, Ceratopogonidae (Ceratopogonidae) (larvae), Chironomidae (Chironomidae) (larvae), (sand)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
iv - vi / 7 - 9 rays
6 + 7 soft rays
iv / 8 - 9 rays
8 soft rays
6 + 7 soft rays
iv / 8 - 9 rays
8 soft 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., 2000 "New Species of Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) Lacking a Pelvic Fin and Girdle from the Andes of Argentina" (Copeia, Vol. 2000 Nr. 4, P. 990)
- Menni, R.C., 2004 "Peces y ambientes en la Argentina continental" (Monografías del Museo Argentina Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, No. 5, P. 82)
- 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)
- Ferrer,J, & Malabarba, L.R., 2011 "A new Trichomycterus lacking pelvic fins and pelvic girdle with a very restricted range in Southern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 2912, P. 65)
- Ochoa, L.E.; Silva, G.S.C.; Silva, G.J.C.; Oliveira, C. & Datovo, A. , 2017 "New species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) lacking pelvic fins from Paranapanema basin, southeastern Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4319 No. 3, P. 557)
- 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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