Trichomycterus vittatus
Regan, 1903
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 8 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Marcapata
Cuzco
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Río Inambari ➙ río Madre de Díos ➙ río Beni ➙ rio Madeira ➙ Amazonas
˜[ -13.591,-70.958 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
4 soft rays
straight
6 soft rays
straight
6 soft 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. 285
- Regan, C. Tate, 1903 "Description of new South-American Fishes in the Collection of the British Museum" (The Annals And Magazine of Natural History, Vol. 12, P. 623)
- 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)
- Fernández, L. & Chuquihuamaní, R.Q., 2007 "A new species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Andean Cordillera of Perú, with comments on relationships within the genus" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1545 No. 1, P. 320)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 111)
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