FB-57777 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57777 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Syngnathiformes Syngnathidae Doryichthys Doryichthys contiguus Kottelat, 2000 2001-02-19 2004-11-22 Fernández, L. and R.P. Vari0 New species of Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) lacking a pelvic fin and girdle from the Andes of Argentina. Copeia 2000(4):990-996. (Ref. 37038) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732) de Pínna, M.C.C. and W. Wosiacki0 Trichomycteridae (pencil or parasitic catfishes). p. 270-290. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 39970) Skelton, P.H.0 A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. Cape Town (South Africa): Struik Publishers, 395 p. (Ref. 52193) Saks, L.0 Estonian Common Names, Rank 2. Personal communication (Ref. 116654) FB-GeneralDescr-57783 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 2001-02-19 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57783 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Collected from a 0.5 m deep, small, clear water stream with a sandy bottom at an elevation of approximately 3500 m. The stomachs of two specimens contained dipteran larvae (Chironomidae and Ceratopogonidae), filamentous algae, and sand indicating that the species feeds, at least in part on autochthonous benthic macroinvertebrates (Ref. 37038). Fernández, L. and R.P. Vari 2000 New species of Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) lacking a pelvic fin and girdle from the Andes of Argentina. Copeia 2000(4):990-996. (Ref. 37038) FB-DiagnosticDescr-57783 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 2001-02-19 00:00:00 2001-02-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57783 Eye covered by thin, transparent skin. Species differs from all other known members of the subfamily Trichomycterinae by the combination of its lack of both the pelvic fins and girdle, eight or nine principle dorsal fin rays, 37-39 vertebrae, 18-20 ribs on each side, the elongate body with a transversely flattened caudal peduncle, the posteriorly straight and slightly posterodorsally angled caudal fin margin, the lack of pronounced marmorated pigmentation on the body and fins, its lack of s very thick, rugose layer of fatty tissue on the body and head, the presence of a portion of the laterosensory canal system within the sphenotic, the lack of an extensive perforation of the skin surface by pores of the ampullary organs, and its maximum length. Fernández, L. and R.P. Vari 2000 New species of Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) lacking a pelvic fin and girdle from the Andes of Argentina. Copeia 2000(4):990-996. (Ref. 37038) FB-Morphology-57783 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 2001-02-19 00:00:00 2001-02-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57783 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 11 - 12; Vertebrae: 37 - 39 Fernández, L. and R.P. Vari 2000 New species of Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) lacking a pelvic fin and girdle from the Andes of Argentina. Copeia 2000(4):990-996. (Ref. 37038) FB-Distribution-57783 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 2001-02-19 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57783 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size South America: Laguna Blanca basin in Catamarca, Argentina. de Pínna, M.C.C. and W. Wosiacki 2003 Trichomycteridae (pencil or parasitic catfishes). p. 270-290. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 39970) FB-Uses-57783 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 2001-02-19 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57783 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: of no interest FB-TrophicStrategy-57783 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2005-07-04 00:00:00 2005-07-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public catamarcensis http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Collected from a 0.5 m deep, small, clear water stream with a sandy bottom at an elevation of approximately 3500 m. The stomachs of two specimens contained dipteran larvae (Chironomidae and Ceratopogonidae), filamentous algae, and sand indicating that the species feeds, at least in part on autochthonous benthic macroinvertebrates (Ref. 37038). Fernández, L. and R.P. Vari 2000 New species of Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) lacking a pelvic fin and girdle from the Andes of Argentina. Copeia 2000(4):990-996. (Ref. 37038) FB-Size-57783 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 2001-02-19 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57783 4.2 cm (male/unsexed; (Ref. 39970)) de Pínna, M.C.C. and W. Wosiacki 2003 Trichomycteridae (pencil or parasitic catfishes). p. 270-290. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 39970) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-57783 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 2001-02-19 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57783 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses benthopelagic; freshwater