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South American catfishes, which living in caves

Following South Americanf catfishes live in caves. They are colored white to yellow.
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Species
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Ancistrus cryptophthalmus
Reis, 1987
 
Brazil
Caverna Passa Três
(Goiás)
IUCN: endangered
Reis, R.E., 1987 "Ancistrus cryptophthalmus sp. n., a blind mailed catfish from the Tocantins River basin, Brazil (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)"
9
80
19 - 25
Catfish Atlas 2
Ancistrus formoso
Sabino & Trajano, 1997
 
Brazil
Höhlen im Rio Formoso-Einzug
(Mato Grosso do Sul)
IUCN: vulnerable
Sabino, J. & E. Trajano, 1997 "A new species of blind armoured catfish, genus Ancistrus, from caves of Bodoquena region, Mato Grosso do Sul, southwestern Brazil (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Ancistrinae)"
12
80
 
unknown
Ancistrus galani
Perez & Viloria, 1994
 
Venezuela
Cueva Los Laureles
(Zulia)
Pérez, A. & Viloria, A., 1994 "Ancistrus galani n. sp. (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with comments on biospeleological explorations in western Venezuela"
8
60
 
unknown
Astroblepus cyclopus
Humboldt, 1805
 
Ecuador
Unterirdische Gewässer im Río Esmeraldas-Einzug bei Quito
IUCN: least concern
Astroblepus cyclopus
6
 
18 - 25
unknown
Astroblepus pholeter
Collette, 1962
 
Ecuador
Jumandi-Höhle bei Archidona, río Napo-Einzug
(Napo)
IUCN: near threatened
63855 Astroblepus pholeter l FZ - 58 mm SL
9
60
15 - 15
unknown
Astroblepus riberae
Cardona & Guerao, 1994
 
Peru
Cueva de Ninabamba, Río Reque-Einzug, Küstengewässer
(Cajamarca)
IUCN: data deficient
Cardona, L. & Guerao, G., 1994 "Astroblepus riberae, una nueva especie de siluriforme cavernicola del Peru (Osteichthyes: Astroblepidae)"
11
80
 
unknown
Cetopsis arcana
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
 
Brazil
córrego Agua Boa, córrego Taquaral, córrego do Mato, igarapé do Pojuca, rio da Lapa, rio Tocantins, arroio Arara
(Goiás, Mato Grosso, Pará (BRA))
Cetopsis arcana
11
 
 
unknown
Chaetostoma lexa
Salcedo, 2013
 
Peru
quebrada Luconyupe, río Mantencio, río Rondos, Tingo Maria, Cueva de las Pavas
(Huánuco, San Martín)
Salcedo, Norma J., 2013 "Description of Loraxichthys lexa, new genus and species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Río Huallaga Basin, central Peru, with notes on the morphology of the enigmatic Lipopterichthys carrioni Norman, 1935"
7
60
24 - 28
unknown
Glaphyropoma spinosum
Bichuette, de Pinna & Trajano, 2008
 
Brazil
Povoado de Igatu, Gruna dos Torras, rio Paraguaçu-Einzug
(Bahia)
Glaphyropoma spinosum, Holotype, SL 58.2 mm
7
60
23 - 23
unknown
Isbrueckerichthys alipionis
Gosline, 1947
 
Brazil
rio Betari innerhalb der Santana Höhle
(Sao Paulo)
Slightly depigmented specimen of Isbrueckerichthys alipionis from the riacho Taqueupa, inside Santana Cave in southern São Paulo, Brazil
12
80
 
unknown
Ituglanis bambui
Bichuette & Trajano, 2004
 
Brazil
rio la Caverna da Angélica
(Goiás)
IUCN: critical endangered
Bichuette, M.E. & Trajano, E., 2004 "Three new subterranean species of Ituglanis from central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)"
6
60
19 - 24
unknown
Ituglanis boticario
Rizzato & Bichuette, 2015
 
Brazil
Sistema cárstico da Gruna da Tarimba
(Goiás)
Ituglanis boticario, holotype (LIRP-11010B, 69,7 mm SL). Brazil: Goiás state, Mambaí municipality, Tarimba cave system; Mambaí karst area, upper Tocantins River Basin
9
60
 
unknown
Ituglanis epikarsticus
Bichuette & Trajano, 2004
 
Brazil
rio São Mateus, Caverna de São Mateus
(Goiás)
IUCN: vulnerable
Bichuette, M.E. & Trajano, E., 2004 "Three new subterranean species of Ituglanis from central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)"
4
60
21 - 25
unknown
Ituglanis mambai
Bichuette & Trajano, 2008
 
Brazil
Caverna de Lapa do Sumidouro
(Goiás)
IUCN: endangered
Ituglanis mambai, holotype, MCP 42538, 53.4 mm SL. Lapa do Sumidouro Cave, Posse, Goiás, Brazil
8
60
23 - 24
unknown
Ituglanis passensis
Fernández & Bichuette, 2002
 
Brazil
Caverna de Passa Três im São Vicente-Einzug
(Goiás)
IUCN: vulnerable
Fernández, L. & Bichuette, M.E., 2002 "A new cave dwelling species of Ituglanis from the São Domingos karst, central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)"
8
60
19 - 23
unknown
Ituglanis ramiroi
Bichuette & Trajano, 2004
 
Brazil
Caverna de São Bernardo
(Goiás)
IUCN: vulnerable
Bichuette, M.E. & Trajano, E., 2004 "Three new subterranean species of Ituglanis from central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)"
4
60
22 - 24
unknown
Paralithoxus sp. "green"

 
Suriname
Oberer Tapanahony River
(Sipaliwini)
 
 
 
unknown
Phreatobius cisternarum
Goeldi, 1905
 
Brazil
Amazonas-Einzug auf Ilha Marajó
(Amapá, Pará (BRA))
IUCN: data deficient
Phreatobius cisternarum, syntype, lateral
6
60
27 - 29
unknown
Pimelodella kronei
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907
 
Brazil
Cuevas de rio Ribeira da Iguapé-Einzug
(São Paulo)
IUCN: endangered
Pimelodella kronei
15
100
 
unknown
Pimelodella spelaea
Trajano, 2004
 
Brazil
rio São Bernardo im oberen Rio Tocantins-Einzug, Höhle São Bernardo
(Goiás)
IUCN: endangered
Trajano, E., Reis, R.E. & Bichuette, M.E., 2004 "Pimelodella spelaea: a new cave catfish from central Brazil, with data on ecology and evolutionary considerations (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)"
10
 
 
unknown
Pimelodella transitoria
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907
 
Brazil
ribeirão do Alambary, rio Ribeira de Iguape-Einzug
(São Paulo)
Pimelodella transitoria, NUP 17416, 100.9 mm
15
100
 
unknown
Rhamdia enfurnada
Bichuette & Trajano, 2005
 
Brazil
mittlerer Rio São Francisco-Einzug, Serra do Ramalho
(Bahia)
Bichuette, Maria Elina & Trajano, Eleonora, 2005 "A new cave species of Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Serra do Ramalho, northeastern Brazil, with notes on ecology and behavior"
27
180
20 - 22
unknown
Rhamdia guasarensis
Do Nascimiento, Provenzano & Lundberg, 2004
 
Venezuela
Surgencia del Tigre im Río Guasare-Einzug
(Zulia)
Donascimiento, C.; Provenzano, F.; Lundberg, J.G., 2004 "Rhamdia Guasarensis (Siluriformes : Heptapteridae), A New Species Of Cave Catfish From The Sierra De Perija, Northwestern Venezuela"
15
100
 
unknown
Rhamdia laluchensis
Weber, Allegrucci & Sbordoni, 2003
 
Mexico
Sotano la Lucha - Höhlensystem
(Chiapas)
Rhamdia laluchensis, La Lucha Höhlensystem, Mexiko
15
100
 
unknown
Rhamdia macuspanensis
Weber & Wilkens, 1998
 
Mexico
Grutas de Agua Blanca
(Tabasco)
Weber, A. & Wilkens, H. , 1998 "Rhamdia macuspanensis: a new species of troglobitic pimelodid catfish (Siluriformes; Pimelodidae) from a cave in Tabasco, Mexico"
16
120
 
unknown
Rhamdia reddelli
Miller, R.R., 1984
 
Mexico
Cueva del Nacimiento del río San Antonio, Höhlen im río Papaloapan-Einzug
IUCN: vulnerable
Miller, R.R., 1984 "Rhamdia reddelli, new species, the first blind pimelodid catfish from Middle America, with a key to the Mexican species"
13
80
 
unknown
Rhamdia zongolicensis
Wilkens, 1993
 
Mexico
Cueva del Túnel, Cueva del Ostoc ?
(Veracruz)
IUCN: vulnerable
Wilkens, H., 1993 "A new species of Rhamdia (Pisces: Pimelodidae) from a cave in the Sierra de Zongolica (Veracruz, Mexico)"
20
120
 
unknown
Rhamdiopsis krugi
Bockmann & Castro, 2010
 
Brazil
Lagoa innerhalb der Höhle Poço Encantado
(Bahia)
IUCN: vulnerable
Bockmann, Flávio A. & Castro, Ricardo M.C., 2010 "The blind catfish from the caves of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae): description, anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, natural history, and biogeography"
6
60
24 - 26
unknown
Taunayia bifasciata
Eigenmann & Norris, 1900
 
Brazil
Oberer Rio Paraíba do Sul-, Rio Tietê-Einzug
(São Paulo)
IUCN: vulnerable
Taunayia bifasciata
7
60
 
unknown
Taunayia sp. "Toca do Gonçalo"

 
Brazil
caverna Toca do Gonçalo
(Bahia)
7
60
26 - 27
unknown
Trichomycterus chaberti
Durand, 1968
 
Bolivia
Caverna de Umayalanta = Umajalanta
(Potosi)
IUCN: least concern
Trichomycterus chaberti, Holotype, lateral
12
80
 
unknown
Trichomycterus choroloensis
Ardila Rodríguez, 2024
 
Colombia
Cueva de Choroló, Curití
(Santander)
Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2024 "Cinco nuevas especies de peces Trichomycterus de cueva para el departamento de Santander – Colombia"
12
80
 
unknown
Trichomycterus dali
Rizzato, Costa, Trajano & Bichuette, 2011
 
Brazil
Área cárstica da Serra da Bodoquena, caverna Saracura, Caverna Buraco das Abelhas, caverna do Morro do Jericó
(Mato Grosso do Sul)
IUCN: vulnerable
Trichomycterus dali, holotype
13
80
 
unknown
Trichomycterus donascimientoi
Castellanos-Morales, 2018
 
Colombia
Cueva de Gedania im río Gran Curí-Einzug
(Santander)
IUCN: endangered
Castellanos-Morales, C.A., 2018 "A new species of cave catfish, genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), from the Magdalena River system, Eastern Cordillera, Colombia"
10
60
17 - 18
unknown
Trichomycterus galvisi
Ardila Rodríguez, 2024
 
Colombia
Cueva La Vaca in Curiti
(Santander)
Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2024 "Cinco nuevas especies de peces Trichomycterus de cueva para el departamento de Santander – Colombia"
11
 
 
unknown
Trichomycterus guacamayoensis
Ardila Rodríguez, 2018
 
Colombia
Cueva La Guacamaya, Quebrada La Guacamaya
(Santander)
Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2018 "Trichomycterus guacamayoensis sp. nov. (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) una nueva especie de pez del Río Suárez, cuenca media del Río Magdalena Departamento de Santander"
13
80
 
unknown
Trichomycterus guianensis
Eigenmann, 1909
 
Guyana, Venezuela
Potaro River, Aruataima Falls, Cueva de Guácharo im embalse El Guamo-Einzug
(Potaro-Siparuni, Monagas)
Trichomycterus guianensis in Cueva de Guácharo (Caripe, Venezuela)
8
60
 
unknown
Trichomycterus itacarambiensis
Trajano & de Pinna, 1996
 
Brazil
Gruta Olhos d'Água
(Minas Gerais)
IUCN: critical endangered
Trichomycterus itacarambiensis, A pigmented individual, with reduced eyes and pigmentation B albino (DOPA (–) individual, with very reduced eyes, not visible externally
10
60
 
unknown
Trichomycterus macareguaensis
Ardila Rodríguez, 2024
 
Colombia
Cueva Macaregua bei Curiti
(Santander)
Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2024 "Cinco nuevas especies de peces Trichomycterus de cueva para el departamento de Santander – Colombia"
10
 
 
unknown
Trichomycterus rosablanca
Mesa, Lasso, Ochoa & DoNascimiento, 2018
 
Colombia
Cueva Las Sardinas, quebrada Las Sardinas
(Santander)
Trichomycterus rosablanca, Paratype, lateral
13
80
14 - 15
unknown
Trichomycterus rubbioli
Bichuette & Rizzato, 2012
 
Brazil
Caverna Lapa dos Peixes, Caverna Gruna da Água Clara
(Bahia)
IUCN: vulnerable
Bichuette, M.E. & Rizzato, P.P., 2012 "A new species of cave catfish from Brazil, Trichomycterus rubbioli sp.n., from Serra do Ramalho karstic area, São Francisco River basin, Bahia State (Silurifomes: Trichomycteridae)"
8
60
 
unknown
Trichomycterus sandovali
Ardila Rodríguez, 2006
 
Colombia
Cueva de Don Juan
(Santander)
IUCN: least concern
Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2006 "Trichomycterus sandovali, (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) a new species of a troglodytic fish (cave restricted) for the Department of Santander - Colombia"
 
 
 
unknown
Trichomycterus santanderensis
Castellanos-Morales, 2007
 
Colombia
cueva El Puente, Río Lebrija-Einzug
(Santander)
IUCN: least concern
Castellanos-Morales, C.A., 2007 "Trichomycterus santanderensis: A new species of troglomorphic catfish (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from Colombia"
12
80
21 - 22
unknown
Trichomycterus santuarioensis
Ardila Rodríguez, 2024
 
Colombia
Cueva El Santuario bei Curiti
(Santander)
Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2024 "Cinco nuevas especies de peces Trichomycterus de cueva para el departamento de Santander – Colombia"
10
 
 
unknown
Trichomycterus simacotaensis
Ardila Rodríguez, 2024
 
Colombia
Cueva Hacienda Santa Bárbara =? Cuevas De Sanpascual Simacota Alto De Fredy
(Santander)
Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2024 "Cinco nuevas especies de peces Trichomycterus de cueva para el departamento de Santander – Colombia"
6
 
 
unknown
Trichomycterus sketi
Castellanos-Morales, 2011
 
Colombia
Río Opón-Einzug, Cueva del Indio
(Santander)
Castellanos-Morales, C.A., 2010 "Trichomycterus sketi: a new species of subterranean catfish (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Andean Cordillera of Colombia"
7
60
15 - 15
unknown
Trichomycterus spectrum
DoNascimiento & Prada-Pedreros, 2020
 
Colombia
Cueva de Alejo, Río Ranchería-Einzug
(La Guajira)
DoNascimiento, C. & Prada-Pedreros, S., 2020 "A new troglomorphic species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from northeastern Colombia, with proposal of a new Trichomycterus subclade and remarks on some nominal species from Colombia" (abstract)
17
100
 
unknown
Trichomycterus spelaeus
DoNascimiento, Villarreal & Provenzano, 2001
 
Venezuela
Cueva Punto Fijo im río Guasare-Einzug
(Zulia)
DoNascimiento, C.; Manzanilla, O.V. & Provenzano, F., 2001 "Descripción de una nueva especie de bagre anoftalmo del género Trichomycterus (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), de una cueva de la Sierra de Perijá, Venezuela"
6
60
21 - 21
unknown
Trichomycterus uisae
Castellanos-Morales, 2008
 
Colombia
Oberer río Sogamoso-Einzug, Cueva El Misterio
(Santander)
IUCN: least concern
Trichomycterus uisae
8
60
20 - 20
unknown
Trichomycterus zapatocaensis
Rodríguez, 2023
 
Colombia
Cueva del Nitro, Municipio de Zapatoca
(Santander)
Rodríguez, Dr. C.A.A., 2023 "Trichomycterus zapatocaensis sp. nov. (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) Una Nueva Especie De Pez De Cueva Del Departamento De Santander - Colombia"
11
80
 
unknown
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