Trichomycterus spelaeus
DoNascimiento, Villarreal & Provenzano, 2001
spelaeus - in reference to the habitat
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Standard length (documented)
54.1 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
21 - 21 °C
High above sea level
193 - 792 m
Locality
in a cave
Eats plants
not known
unknown
11 soft rays
ii / 6 rays
ii / 6 rays
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
- Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2006 "Trichomycterus sandovali, (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) a new species of a troglodytic fish (cave restricted) for the Department of Santander - Colombia" (Peces del Departamento de Santander - Colombia) P. 7
- DoNascimiento, C.; Manzanilla, O.V. & Provenzano, F., 2001 "Descripción de una nueva especie de bagre anoftalmo del género Trichomycterus (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), de una cueva de la Sierra de Perijá, Venezuela" (Boletin de la Sociedad Venezolana de Espeleologia, Vol. 35, P. 20)
- 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)
- Castellanos-Morales, C.A., 2007 "Trichomycterus santanderensis: A new species of troglomorphic catfish (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from Colombia" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1541 No. 1, P. 49)
- Rizzato, P.P.; Costa-Jr., E.P.D.; Trajano, E. & Bichuette, M.E., 2011 "Trichomycterus dali: a new highly troglomorphic catfish (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Serra da Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul State, central Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 9 No. 3, P. 478)
- 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)
- 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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