Trichomycterus nigricans
Valenciennes, 1832
(Type species)
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 13 cm
Standard length (documented)
115.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Küstengewässer
Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Atlantic SE
˜[ -28.020,-48.844 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
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. 283
- Humboldt, A.von & Valenciennes, M., 1821 "Recherches sur les poissons fluviatiles de l'Amérique Équinoxiale" (Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland, Deuxième partie. Observations de Zoologie et d'Anatomie comparée, Vol. 2, P. 348)
- Bockmann, F.A.; Casatti, L. & Pinna, C.C. de, 2004 "A new species of trichomycterid catfish from the Rio Paranapanema basin, southeastern Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes), with comments on the phylogeny of the family" (abstract) (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 15 No. 3, P. 227)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 421)
- 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)
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