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Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Trichomycterinae
Eponymy: Dr Silvina Adela Menu-Marque is an Argentinean zoologist at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, where her doctorate was awarded (2002). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal. Temperate
South America: Mendoza River basin in Argentina.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.3 cm macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 33071)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raios dorsais (total) : 11 - 14; Raios anais : 10 - 12; Vértebras: 39 - 43. Entire surface of body skin perforated by pores of ampullary organs; cephalic sensory canal system represented only by anterior portion of supraorbital canal enclosed by nasal bone, and posterior portion of postotic canal enclosed by pterotic and posttemporosupracleithrum; two anteriormost pores of supraorbital canal present medial to anterior and posterior nostrils, respectively; one or two pores of postotic canal on pterotic and between pterotic and posttemporosupracleithrum; body lateral line represented only by portion posterior to head, with one or two pores; head and body pit lines absent in most individuals; peritoneum and wall of pleuroperitoneal cavity blackish due to presence of many melanophores; eye small and supported by membranous outgrowth of hyomandibula and by membrane; and ceratobranchial and epibranchial bones without ossified gill rakers. The short dorsal fin has 5 precurrent rays plus 6 to 9 principal rays; anal fin has 4 precurrent rays and 6 to 8 principal rays.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Arratia, G., 1998. Silvinichthys, a new genus of trichomycterid catfishes from the Argentinian Andes, with redescription of Trichomycterus nigricans. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(4):347-370. (Ref. 33071)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Ferramentas
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00337 - 0.01709), b=3.00 (2.81 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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