dedicated Anhangá - in the Amazon legend the protector of forest animals
Synonyms
Trichomycterus anhanga
Length (total)
approx. 2 cm
Standard length (documented)
13.1 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
ii / 4 rays
8 - 10 soft rays
slightly convex
ii - iii / (3 -) 4 - 5 rays
2 soft rays
short filament 
8 - 10 soft rays
slightly convex
ii - iii / (3 -) 4 - 5 rays
2 soft rays
short filament 
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
- Dutra, G.M.; Wosiacki, W.B. & de Pinna, M.C.C., 2012 "Trichomycterus anhanga, a new species of miniature catfish related to T. hasemani and T. johnsoni (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Amazon basin, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 10 No. 2, P. 225)
- Henschel, E., 2016 "A new catfish species of the Trichomycterus hasemani group (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), from the Branco river basin, northern Brazil" (Vertebrate Zoology, Vol. 66 No. 2, P. 118)
- Henschel, E.; Oliveira Mattos, J.L. de; Katz, A.M. & Costa, W.J.E.M., 2017 "Position of enigmatic miniature trichomycterid catfishes inferred from molecular data (Siluriformes)" (Zoologica Scripta, Vol. 47 No. 2, P. 49)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
G. Dutra, W.B. Wosiacki & Mario de Pinna (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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