Trichomycterus taeniops
Fowler, 1954
tenuis (lat.) - slender
Synonyms
Pygidium tenue
endangered
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
nahe Acobamba
Tarma
Peru
Río Ucayali ➙ Amazonas
˜[ -11.351,-75.659 ]
High above sea level
~2000 m
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
iii / 7 rays
ii / 8 rays
8 soft rays
6 soft rays
ii / 8 rays
8 soft rays
6 soft rays
not known
- Fowler, H.W., 1954 "Os peixes de água doce do Brasil" (Arquivos de Zoologia do Estado de São Paulo) P. 36
- 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
- Fowler, H.W., 1945 "Descriptions of seven new fresh-water fishes from Peru" (Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia), No. 159, P. 6)
- Arratia, G. & Marque S.M., 1985 "New catfishes of the genus Trichomycterus from the high Andes of South America (Pisces, Siluriformes) with remarks on distribution and ecology" (Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere, Vol. 111, P. 515)
- Menni, R.C., 2004 "Peces y ambientes en la Argentina continental" (Monografías del Museo Argentina Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, No. 5, P. 82)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 424)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 111)
- Fernández, L.; Nadalin, D.O.; López, H.L. & Serio, M.J., 2015 "Colección Ictiológica del Museo de la Plata: la Familia Trichomycteridae" (ProBiota, Vol. 35, 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. 237)
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