Trichomycterus weyrauchi
Fowler, 1945
dedicated Dr. Weyrauch - collector of the type material
Synonyms
Pygidium weyrauchi
endangered
Length (total)
approx. 5 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
High above sea level
~2900 m
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
iii / 12 rays
II / 7 rays
I / 12 rays
I / 8 rays
iii / 12 rays
II / 7 rays
I / 12 rays
I / 8 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
- Fowler, H.W., 1945 "Descriptions of seven new fresh-water fishes from Peru" (Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia), No. 159)
- 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. 55)
- 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. 238)
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