Typhlobelus macromycterus
Costa & Bockmann, 1994
makrós (gr.) - large, mikter (gr.) - snout
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 3 cm
Standard length (documented)
21.9 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
(Prefered) River depth
< 20.00 m
Eats plants
not known
unknown
6 soft rays
5 + 5 soft rays
greatly convex
5 + 5 soft rays
greatly convex
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
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- 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
- Costa, W.J.E.M. & Bockmann, F.A., 1994 "Typhlobelus macromycterus, a new blind glanapterygine fish (Siluriformes Trichomycteridae) from the Rio Tocantins, Brazil" (Tropical Zoology, Vol. 7 No. 1, P. 67)
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- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 427)
- Pinna, M.C.C. de & Kirovsky, A.L., 2011 "A new species of sand-dwelling catfish, with a phylogenetic diagnosis of Pygidianops Myers (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae: Glanapteryginae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol.9 No. 3, P. 493)
- Pinna, M. de & Zuanon, J., 2013 "The Genus Typhlobelus: Monophyly and Taxonomy, with Description of a New Species with a Unique Pseudotympanic Structure (Teleostei: Trichomycteridae)" (Copeia, Vol. 2013 No. 3, P. 452)
- Proudlove, G.S. "Subterranean fishes of the World. An account of the subterranean (hypogean) fishes described up to 2003 with a bibliography 1541-2004" (International Society for Subterrnaean Biology, Moulis, P. 269)
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