Trichomycterus castelensis Costa, Katz & Vilardo, 2023
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Trichomycterus castelensis
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Trichomycterinae
Etymology: Trichomycterus: Greek, thrix = hair + Greek, mykter, -eros = nose (Ref. 45335); castelensis: Name 'castelensis' from the type locality of the new species, Serra do Castelo region.
Etymology: Trichomycterus: Greek, thrix = hair + Greek, mykter, -eros = nose (Ref. 45335); castelensis: Name 'castelensis' from the type locality of the new species, Serra do Castelo region.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
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South America: Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 5. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: LDPZ-3 being represented by a row of dark brown to black spots, decreasing in size posteriorly, their diameter usually greater or sometimes nearly equal to opercular odontode diameter, anterior-most spots sometimes longitudinally coalesced; dorsal surface of head between orbits slightly concave; relatively long interopercular patch of odontodes, longer than the largest horizontal length of the hyomandibular anterior outgrown; 14 ribs; postero-lateral process of the autopalatine postero-laterally directed, its length about two thirds or less of the autopalatine length; second hypobranchial short, about so long as the third hypobranchial; posterior process of the parurohyal long, about eight tenths of the distance between the anterior margin of the parurohyal and the anterior insertion of the posterior process; single S6 median pore; opercular odontodes 17-19; presence of an anterior section of the infraorbital canal; pointed mandibular teeth; and a relatively shorter autopalatine postero-lateral process, its length about two-fifths of autopalatine length (Ref. 137859).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Costa, W.J.E.M., J.L.O. Mattos, M.A. Barbosa, P.J. Vilardo and A.M. Katz, 2023. High endemism in an endangered biodiversity hotspot: phylogeny, taxonomy and distribution patterns of Catfishes of the Psammocambeva alpha-clade (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Rio Doce Basin, Brazil. Fishes 8(10);474. (Ref. 137859)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00912 (0.00394 - 0.02111), b=2.97 (2.79 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |