Trichomycterus oroyae
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
according to the origin rio Oroya
Synonyms
Pygidium oroyae
Length (total)
approx. 14 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Rio Oroya
Junin?
Brazil, Peru
˜[ -11.521,-75.903 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
10 soft rays
12 soft rays
12 soft 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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 284
- 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. 51)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 423)
- 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)
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