Synonyms
Pygidium striatum
has Pygidium septentrionale
Babosa
Barbudito
Barbudo
Laucha
Pez gato lápiz
has Pygidium septentrionale
Babosa
Barbudito
Barbudo
Laucha
Pez gato lápiz
Length (total)
approx. 14 cm
Standard length (documented)
119.9 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
High above sea level
20 - 1220 m
Flow
small - normal
Substrate
rocks
On the riverbank
forest
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
ii / 5 - 6 rays
10 - 12 soft rays
ii / 6 - 7 rays
7 - 8 soft rays
i / 4 rays
10 - 12 soft rays
ii / 6 - 7 rays
7 - 8 soft rays
i / 4 rays
Sympatric with
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. 285
- Meek S.E. & Hildebrand, S.F., 1913 "New Species of Fishes from Panama" (Publications of Field Museum Natural History, Vol. 10 No. 8, P. 78)
- Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2016 "Trichomycterus torcoromaensis sp. nov. (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) una nueva especie de pez de la quebrada Torcoroma, cuenca del río Magdalena Departamento de Norte de Santander" (Colombia, P. 12)
- 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. 236)
- Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. , 2016 "Cinco nuevas especies de peces Trichomycterus para la región Caribe" (Colombia. Barranquilla, Departamento del Atlántico, No. 2, P. 16)
- 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)
- Angulo, A.; DoNascimiento, C.; Lasso-Alcalá, O.M.; Farah-Pérez, A.; Langeani, F. & McMahan, C.D., 2018 "Redescription of Trichomycterus striatus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), with notes on its geographic distribution" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4420 No. 4, P. 532)
- 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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