Trichomycterus yuska
Fernández & Schaefer, 2003
vom Common-Name
Synonyms
yuska
Length (total)
approx. 11 cm
Standard length (documented)
96.4 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Arroyo Aguas Calientes (endemic)
Catamarca
Argentina
˜[ -27.233,-68.267 ]
High above sea level
4000 - 4050 m
Type of water
Clear water
Substrate
sand
Hook beetle (Elmidae) (larvae), Chironomidae (Chironomidae) (larvae), Trichoptera (Trichoptera)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
5 (- 6) soft rays
6 + 7 soft rays
straight
6 - 7 soft rays
7 - 8 soft rays
short filament
6 + 7 soft rays
straight
6 - 7 soft rays
7 - 8 soft rays
short filament
not known
- Fernández, L. & Schaefer, S.A., 2003 "Trichomycterus yuska, a new species from high elevations of Argentina (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 14 No. 4, P. 353)
- 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)
- 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)
- Fernández, L. & Bize, J.A., 2018 "New species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the High Andean Plateau of Argentina" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4504 No. 3, P. 366)
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