Synonyms
Pygidium dispar
Length (total)
approx. 26 cm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Ecuador, Peru
˜[ -4.383,-80.242 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
ii / 4 rays
11 soft rays
slightly incised / concave
ii / 6 rays
slightly convex
8 soft rays
short filament 
11 soft rays
slightly incised / concave
ii / 6 rays
slightly convex
8 soft rays
short filament 
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
- Tschudi, J.J. von, 1844 "Ichthyologie" (Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana, P. 22)
- 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)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
1, 2
J. J. von Tschudi
3, 4
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