Trichomycterus sketi
Castellanos-Morales, 2011
dedicated Boris Sket - collector of the type material
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Standard length (documented)
61.5 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
15 - 15 °C
Río Opón-Einzug, Cueva del Indio
Santander
Colombia
Río Magdalena ➙ Caribic
[ 6.839,-73.088 ]
High above sea level
~2157 m
Locality
in a cave
Substrate
rocks
Eats plants
not known
unknown
ii / 5 rays
slightly convex
iv / 6 rays
slightly convex
9 soft rays
i / 5 rays
slightly convex
iv / 6 rays
slightly convex
9 soft rays
i / 5 rays
not known
- Castellanos-Morales, C.A., 2010 "Trichomycterus sketi: a new species of subterranean catfish (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Andean Cordillera of Colombia" (Biota Colombiana, Vol. 11 No. 1-2, P. 33)
- Bichuette, M.E. & Rizzato, P.P., 2012 "A new species of cave catfish from Brazil, Trichomycterus rubbioli sp.n., from Serra do Ramalho karstic area, São Francisco River basin, Bahia State (Silurifomes: Trichomycteridae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3480, P. 49)
- Donascimiento, C.; Cárdenas-Bautista, J.-S.; Borja Acosta, K.G.; González-Alvarado, A. & Medina, C.A., 2016 "Illustrated and online catalog of type specimens of freshwater fishes in the Colección de Peces Dulceacuícolas of Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH-P), Colombia" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4171 No. 3, 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)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 70)
- Castellanos-Morales, C.A., 2018 "A new species of cave catfish, genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), from the Magdalena River system, Eastern Cordillera, Colombia" (Biota Colombiana, Vol. 19, P. 127)
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