Synonyms
Pygidium immaculatum
Trichomycterus immaculatum
Trichomycterus immaculatum
Length (total)
approx. 19 cm
Standard length (documented)
165.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
➀ rio Paraibuna near Juiz de Fora, córrego Águas Claras, córrego dos Borges, rio Braço Sul = rio Braço Azul, rio Cinco de Novembro, rio da Cobra, rio Corrente = rio Corrente Grande, córrego Guacho, rio Guandu, córrego Jatibocas = córrego Sossego, ribeirão Lagoa, córrego Limoeiro, rio Manhuaçu, córrego Mata do Barão, rio Mutum Preto, rio Pancas, rio do Peixe, rio Piranga, rio Santa Joana = rio Jaboticabas, rio São João Pequeno, córrego São Mateus, rio Sardoá Tronqueiras, rio Suaçuí Grande, rio Suaçuí Pequeno, ribeirão Xopotó, rio Doce, rio Corrente = rio Corrente Grande, rio Matipó, rio Piranga, rio Santa Maria do Rio Doce, rio Cotaxé -, rio Cricaré -, río Santa Maria da Vitória -, rio Itaúnas basin
Minas Gerais
Brazil
rio São Mateus | rio Doce ⇒ Atlantic SE
˜[ -21.760,-43.342 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
possibly rudimentary
ii - iii / II / 5 rays
(12 -) 5-6 + 7 soft rays
iii - iv / II - III / 6 - 7 rays
I / 8 rays
filament
I / 4 rays
ii - iii / II / 5 rays
(12 -) 5-6 + 7 soft rays
iii - iv / II - III / 6 - 7 rays
I / 8 rays
filament
I / 4 rays
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Bizerril, C.R.S.F., 1994 "Descrição de uma nova especie de Trichomycterus (Siluroidei, Trichomycteridae) do Estado de Santa Catarina, com uma sinópse da composição da familia Trichomycteridae no leste Brasileiro" (Arquivos de Biologia e Tecnologia) P. 623
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 282
- Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann R.S., 1889 "Preliminary Notes on South American Nemotognathi II" (Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 2 Ser. 2, P. 52)
- Datovo, A. & Bockman F.A., 2010 "Dorsolateral head muscles of the catfish families Nematogenyidae and Trichomycteridae (Siluriformes: Loricarioidei): Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic analysis" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 2 No. 8, P. 193)
- Fernández, L.; Nadalin, D.O.; López, H.L. & Serio, M.J., 2015 "Colección Ictiológica del Museo de la Plata: la Familia Trichomycteridae" (ProBiota, Vol. 35, P. 11)
- García-Melo, L.J.; Villa-Navarro, F.A. & DoNascimiento, 2016 "A new species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the upper río Magdalena basin, Colombia" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4117, P. 237)
- Costa, W.J.E.M.; Mattos, J.L.O.; Amorim, P.F.; Vilardo, P.J. & Katz, A.M., 2020 "Relationships of a new species support multiple origin of melanism in Trichomycterus from the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (abstract) (Zoologischer Anzeiger)
- Costa, W.J.E.M., 2021 "Comparative Osteology, Phylogeny and Classification of the Eastern South American Catfish Genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (Taxonomy, Vol. 1 No. 2)
- Reis, V. & Pinna, M.de, 2022 "Diversity and systematics of Trichomycterus Valenciennes 1832 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) in the Rio Doce Basin: iterating DNA, phylogeny and classical taxonomy" (abstract) (Zoological Journal)
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