Synonyms
Pygidium vermiculatum
Length (total)
approx. 14 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Bizerril, C.R.S.F., 1994 "Descrição de uma nova especie de Trichomycterus (Siluroidei, Trichomycteridae) do Estado de Santa Catarina, com uma sinópse da composição da familia Trichomycteridae no leste Brasileiro" (Arquivos de Biologia e Tecnologia) P. 623
- 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
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1917 "Descriptions of Sixteen New Species of Pygidiidae" (Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 56 No. 7, P. 699)
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1918 "The Pygidiidae, a family of South American catfishes" (Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 7 No. 5, P. 335)
- Ibarra, M. & Stewart, D.J., 1987 "Catalogue of type specimens of recent fishes in Field Museum of Natural History" (Field Museum of Natural History, Vol. 35, P. 73)
- Barbosa, M.A. & Costa, W.J.E.M., 2003 "Trichomycterus potschi (Siluriformes: Loricarioidei): a new trichomycterid catfish from coastal streams of southeastern Brazil" (abstract) (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 14 No. 3, P. 282)
- Barbosa, M.A. & Costa, W.J.E.M., 2003 "Validade, relações filogenéticas e redescrição de Eremophilus candidus Ribeiro, 1949 (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae)" (Arquivos do Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 61, P. 179)
- Bockmann, F.A.; Casatti, L. & Pinna, C.C. de, 2004 "A new species of trichomycterid catfish from the Rio Paranapanema basin, southeastern Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes), with comments on the phylogeny of the family" (abstract) (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 15 No. 3, P. 227)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 425)
- Barbosa, M.A. & W.J.E.M. Costa, 2010 "Seven new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from southeastern Brazil and redescription of T. brasiliensis" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 21 No. 2, P. 121)
- Barbosa, M.A. & Katz, A.M., 2016 "A new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Paranaíba basin, Central Brazil" (Vertebrate Zoology, Vol. 66 No. 3, P. 262)
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