Trichomycterus pirabitira
Barbosa & Azevedo-Santos, 2012
pira (Tupi) - fish, ybytyra (Tupi) - maountain
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Standard length (documented)
75.9 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
High above sea level
750 - 965 m
Flow
normal
Substrate
rocks
In water
foliage
Eats plants
not known
unknown
10 soft rays
13 soft rays
slightly convex
11 soft rays
slightly convex
7 soft rays
5 soft rays
13 soft rays
slightly convex
11 soft rays
slightly convex
7 soft rays
5 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
- Barbosa, M.A. & Azevedo-Santos, V.M. de, 2012 "A new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the rio Paraná basin, southeastern Brazil" (Vertebrate Zoology, Vol. 12 No. 14, P. 358)
- Barbosa, M.A. & Katz, A.M., 2016 "A new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Paranaíba basin, Central Brazil" (Vertebrate Zoology, Vol. 66 No. 3, P. 262)
- 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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