Synonyms
unknown
data deficient
Length (total)
approx. 3 cm
Standard length (documented)
20.5 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
iii / 18 - 20 (- 21) rays
5 + 6 soft rays
iii / 8 - 9 rays
5 soft rays
i / 4 rays
5 + 6 soft rays
iii / 8 - 9 rays
5 soft rays
i / 4 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. 286
- Schultz, Leonard P., 1944 "The catfishes of Venezuela, with descriptions of thirty-eight new forms" (Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 94, P. 267)
- Ferraris, C.J. Jr. & Vari, R.P. , 1992 "Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution" (Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 535, P. 43)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 426)
- Baskin, J.N., 2016 "Structure and relationships of the Trichomycteridae (first edition of the original thesis presented in 1973)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, P. 86)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 71)
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