FB-62232 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62232 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Ictaluridae Noturus Noturus gladiator Thomas & Burr, 2004 2005-09-14 2021-09-21 Bichuette, M.E. and E. Trajano0 Three new subterranean species of Ituglanis from central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 15(3):243-256. (Ref. 55401) Saks, L.0 Estonian Common Names, Rank 2. Personal communication (Ref. 116654) FB-GeneralDescr-62238 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-09-15 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=62238 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Occurs in pools in a set of rimstone dams (wall-shaped barriers of calcite, aragonite or other chemical deposits that impound water pools), 10-30 cm deep and with rocky bottom (Ref. 55401). A solitary species, swimming on the bottom, along the walls and sometimes at the surface of the pools (Ref. 55401). Bichuette, M.E. and E. Trajano 2004 Three new subterranean species of Ituglanis from central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 15(3):243-256. (Ref. 55401) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62238 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-09-15 00:00:00 2005-09-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62238 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Distinguished from its epigean and cave congeners by the combination of the following characters: small size (max. 3.4 cm SL); the higher degree of reduction in body pigmentation and in eye size, 2.0-2.1% HL; supraoccipital fontanel very reduced or absent; base and distal extremity of laminar surface of urohyal with similar widths, dorsal process short; posterior process of palatine as long as palatine length, medial concavity slightly rounded; maxilla with discrete medial-posterior projection; fronto-lachrymal 2/3 length of maxilla, anteriorly and posteriorly pointed; opercle with 9 odontodes and interopercle with 20-21 odontodes; 5 pairs of ribs (also observed in a juvenile of I. bambui); caudal skeleton with upper hypural plate triangular and lower one rectangular, neural spine or preural centrum with acute extremity, dorsal procurrent rays 14 and ventral 10 (Ref. 55401).Description: Dorsal fin with 11 rays ( 3 unbranched, 8 branched); anal fin with 8 rays (2 unbranched, 6 branched); pectoral fin with 8 rays, first ray longer, unbranched and filamentous; pelvic fin with 5 rays, first ray unbranched (Ref. 55401). Bichuette, M.E. and E. Trajano 2004 Three new subterranean species of Ituglanis from central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 15(3):243-256. (Ref. 55401) FB-Morphology-62238 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-09-15 00:00:00 2005-09-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62238 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Analsoft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 36 Bichuette, M.E. and E. Trajano 2004 Three new subterranean species of Ituglanis from central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 15(3):243-256. (Ref. 55401) FB-Distribution-62238 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-09-15 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=62238 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats South America: single set of rimstone dams in São Mateus Cave in Brazil. Bichuette, M.E. and E. Trajano 2004 Three new subterranean species of Ituglanis from central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 15(3):243-256. (Ref. 55401) FB-Uses-62238 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-09-15 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=62238 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-62238 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-09-15 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=62238 3.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 55401)) Bichuette, M.E. and E. Trajano 2004 Three new subterranean species of Ituglanis from central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 15(3):243-256. (Ref. 55401) 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#DiagnosticDescription 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-62238 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-09-15 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=62238 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology benthopelagic; freshwater