Silvinichthys mendozensis
Arratia, Chang, Menu-Marque & Rojas, 1978
(Type species)
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Standard length (documented)
78.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
High above sea level
1500 - 1700 m
(Prefered) River depth
< 0.30 m
Substrate
gravel, rocks
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
iv / 7 (- 8) rays
32 - 42 soft rays
ii - v / (8 -) 9 rays
7 - 8 (- 9) soft rays
5 soft rays
32 - 42 soft rays
ii - v / (8 -) 9 rays
7 - 8 (- 9) soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
Hatcheria macraei
Hatcheri sp.
Hatcheri sp.
not known
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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. 278
- Arratia, G.; Augusto, C.; Marque, S.M. & Guido, r., 1978 "About Bullockia gen. nov., Trichomycterus mendozensis n. sp. and revision of the family Trichomycteridae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, Vol. 13 No. 3, P. 170)
- Arratia, G., 1998 "Silvinichthys, a new genus of trichomycterid catfishes from the Argentinean Andes, with redescription of Trichomycterus nigricans. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 9 No. 4, P. 357)
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- López, H.L.; Morgan, C.C. & Montenegro, M.J., 2002 "Ichthyological ecoregions of Argentina"
- López, H.L.; Miquelarena,A.M. & Menni, R.C., 2003 "Lista comentada de los peces continentales de la Argentina" (ProBiota, Serie Técnica y Didáctica, No. 5, P. 38)
- Menni, R.C., 2004 "Peces y ambientes en la Argentina continental" (Monografías del Museo Argentina Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, No. 5, P. 82)
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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. 413)
- Silva, C.C.F. da; Matta, S.L.S.F. da; Hilsdorf, A.W.S.; Langeani, F. & Marceniuk, A.P., 2010 "Color pattern variation in Trichymycterus iheringi (Eigenmann, 1917) (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from rio Itatinga and rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazi" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 8 No. 1, P. 50)
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- Fernández, L.; Sanabria, E.A. & Quiroga, L.B., 2013 "Silvinichthys gualcamayo, a new species of catfish from the central Andes of Argentina (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 23 No. 4, P. 371)
- Fernández, L. & Liotta, J., 2016 "Silvinichthys pachonensis, a new catfish from high altitude, with a key to the species of the genus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)" (abstract) (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 27 No. 4, P. 379)
- Fernández, L.; Sanabria, E.A. & Quiroga, L.B., 2017 "Description of Silvinichthys pedernalensis n. sp. (Teleostei, Siluriformes) from the Andean Cordillera of southern South America" (Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, Vol. 40 No. 1, P. 42)
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