Synonyms
has Trichomycterus barbatula
has Trichomycterus eigenmanni
has Trichomycterus gracilis
has Trichomycterus incae
has Trichomycterus pardus
has Trichomycterus pentlandi
has Trichomycterus pictus
has Trichomycterus poeyanus
has Trichomycterus eigenmanni
has Trichomycterus gracilis
has Trichomycterus incae
has Trichomycterus pardus
has Trichomycterus pentlandi
has Trichomycterus pictus
has Trichomycterus poeyanus
near threatened
Length (total)
approx. 38 cm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
High above sea level
3950 - 4267 m
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
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. 284
- Valenciennes, 1846 "Des Éspces ou Lucioïdes" (Histoire naturelle des poissons, Vol. 18, P. 495)
- 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. 422)
- 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)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Prada-Pedreros, S. & Guerrero-Kommritz, J., 2014 "A new catfish species of the genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the río Orinoco versant of Páramo de Cruz Verde, Eastern Cordillera of Colombia" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 4, P. 726)
- 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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