Trichomycterus donascimientoi

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Trichomycterus donascimientoi Castellanos-Morales, 2018

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> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Trichomycterinae
Etymology: Trichomycterus: Greek, thrix = hair + Greek, mykter, -eros = nose (Ref. 45335); donascimientoi: 'donascimientoi', i.e., named in honor of Carlos DoNascimiento (Ref. 119397).
Eponymy: Dr Carlos Luis DoNascimiento Montoya (d: 1973) is a Venezuelan ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce demersal. Tropical

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South America: Colombia.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 119397)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

It is distinguished by having 33-34 free vertebrae, minimal coloration, reduction or absence of cornea, long nasal and maxillary barbels, nine branching pectoral-fin rays, where the first ray is prolonged as a long filament (to about 80% of pectoral-fin length), a rounded caudal fin, the upper part longer than the lower part and a coloration of light-red to pale rose.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

This endemic species is exclusive to hipogean environments of the de Gedania cave, near Gran Curi River, Magdalena River system, Colombia. The largest specimen observed was 7.99 cm, standard length (Ref. 119397).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Castellanos-Morales, C.A., 2018. A new species of cave catfish, genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), from the Magdalena River system, Cordillera Oriental, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 19(Sup. 1):117-226. (Ref. 119397)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Vulnerable (VU) (D1); Date assessed: 25 August 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: sin interés
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00358 - 0.02025), b=2.93 (2.74 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈