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Trichomycterus corduvensis Weyenbergh, 1877

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Argentina country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Primeiro River basin (Ref. 39970). Recorded from Nogolí and Potrero de los Funes rivers of San Luis (Ref. 30522). Also Ref. 9086.
National Checklist: Argentina
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ferriz, R.A., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Trichomycterinae
Etymology: Trichomycterus: Greek, thrix = hair + Greek, mykter, -eros = nose (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce bentopelágico.   Subtropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

South America: Primeiro River basin in Argentina.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.6 cm NG macho / no sexado; (Ref. 39970)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Are serial spawners (Ref. 88157).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Pinna, Mário de | Colaboradores

Ferriz, R.A., 1998. Alimentacion de Trichomycterus corduvense Weyenbergh, 1879 (Teleostei: Trichomycteridae) en dos Rios Serranos de San Luis, Argentina. Hidrobiología 8(5):43-49. (Ref. 30522)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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