Trichomycterus chungaraensis
Arratia, 1983
according to the origin Lago Chungará
Synonyms
aymara
bagre
bagre
vulnerable
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
High above sea level
~4500 m
(Prefered) River depth
< 0.30 m
Substrate
sand, rocks
Eats plants
not known
unknown
10 - 12 soft rays
10 - 12 soft rays
8 - 9 (- 10) soft rays
without filament
5 soft rays
10 - 12 soft rays
8 - 9 (- 10) soft rays
without filament
5 soft rays
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. 281
- Arratia, G., 1983 "Trichomycterus chungaraensis n. sp. and Trichomycterus laucaensis n. sp. (Pisces, Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from the high Andean range" (Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, Vol. 18 No. 2, P. 67)
- Dryer, B.S., 2000 "Systematic review and biogeography of the freshwater fishes of Chile" (Estudios Oceanologicos, Vol. 19, P. 84)
- 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. 993)
- Fernández, L. & Schaefer, S.A., 2003 "Trichomycterus yuska, a new species from high elevations of Argentina (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 14 No. 4, P. 357)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 417)
- Fernández, L. & Chuquihuamaní, R.Q., 2007 "A new species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Andean Cordillera of Perú, with comments on relationships within the genus" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1545 No. 1, P. 55)
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