Trichomycterus laucaensis
Arratia, 1983
according to the origin río Lauca
Synonyms
Bagre de Lauca
Bagrecito del Lauca
Bagrecito del Lauca
near threatened
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
High above sea level
~4390 m
Eats plants
not known
unknown
ii - v / (6 -) 7 (- 9) rays
iii - v / (8 -) 9 (- 10) rays
8 - 9 (- 10) soft rays
without filament
iii - v / (8 -) 9 (- 10) rays
8 - 9 (- 10) soft rays
without filament
Sympatric with
Orestia sp.
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. 282
- 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. 74)
- 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. 420)
- 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)
- 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)
- Mesa, L.M.S.; Öassp. C.A.; Ochoa, L.E. & DoNascimiento, C., 2018 "Trichomycterus rosablanca (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) a new species of hipogean catfish from the Colombian Andes" (Biota Colombiana, Vol. 19 no. 1, P. 110)
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