nigro (lat.) black; auratus (lat.) - golden
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 8 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
(Prefered) River depth
< 2.00 m
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
10 - 11 soft rays
11 - 12 soft rays
11 - 12 soft rays
Sympatric with
Astyanax giton
Astyanax intermedius
Astyanax sp. aff. scabripinnis
Brycon opalinus
Characidium lauroi
Characidium vidali
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnotus pantherinus
Hoplias malabaricus
Hypomasticus mormyrops
Oligosarcus hepsetus
Oreochromis niloticus
Phalloceros harpagos
Astyanax intermedius
Astyanax sp. aff. scabripinnis
Brycon opalinus
Characidium lauroi
Characidium vidali
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnotus pantherinus
Hoplias malabaricus
Hypomasticus mormyrops
Oligosarcus hepsetus
Oreochromis niloticus
Phalloceros harpagos
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
- Barbosa, M.A. & Costa, W.J.E.M., 2008 "Description of a new species of catfish from the upper rio Paraíba do Sul basin, south-eastern Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) and re-description of Trichomycterus itatiayae" (abstract) ( aqua International Journal of Ichthyology, Vol. 14 No. 4, P. 175)
- Barbosa, M.A. & W.J.E.M. Costa, 2010 "Seven new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from southeastern Brazil and redescription of T. brasiliensis" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 21 No. 2, P. 121)
- Barbosa, M.A. & Costa, W.J.E.M., 2010 "Description of a new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Trichomycteridae) from the rio Paraíba do Sul basin, southeastern Brazil" (Vertebrate Zoology, Vol. 60 No. 3, P. 194)
- Barbosa, M.A. & Costa, W.J.E.M., 2010 "Description of a new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Trichomycteridae) from the rio Paraíba do Sul basin, southeastern Brazil" (Vertebrate Zoology, Vol. 60 No. 3, P. 308)
- Datovo, A.; Carvalho, M. & Ferrer, J., 2012 "A new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus from the La Plata River basin, southern Brazil, with comments on its putative phylogenetic position (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3327, P. 35)
- Katz, A.M. & Barbosa, M.A., 2014 "Re-description of Trichomycterus cubataonis BIZERRIL, 1994 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Cubatao river basin, southern Brazil" (Vertebrate Zoology, Vol. 64 No. 1, P. 3)
- Brito, V. de & Buckup, P.A., 2019 "The fish fauna of the upper Piraí drainage, a transposed mountain river system in southeastern, Brazil" (Check List, Vol. 15 No. 1, 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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