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Tatia concolor Mees, 1974

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Daniel Blom (1)

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Mees (1974) assigned this species to Tatia but Ferraris (2007) reverted it back to the original genera of Centromochlus. Just recently (September 2019) a new paper was released by Bárbara B. Calegari et. al. whereas this species was reclassified back to Tatia again. Description: Body with small, dark, circular spots. First nuchal plate absent. Male with modified anal fin, the last two branched rays rudimentary. Maxilla 135-145% of palatine length; premaxillae in contact with each other at rostral border of upper jaw; no fleshy flange present in between. Presence of mental barbels. (Soares-Porto, L.M. 2000). Etymology: concolor: uniformly coloured; of the same colour. Remarks: Still listed on some internet sources as Centromochlus concolor.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Centromochlus concolor

Family:

Auchenipteridae

Distribution:

Soth America: Coppename River basin, Surinam. Type locality: Headwaters of Coppename Rivier

Size:

4.0cm. (1¾ins)

Temp:

22-26°c (71-79°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

IUCN Red List

This species has a widespread distribution in Suriname and Brazil with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of over 200,000 km2. There is no information on direct threats, but illegal gold mining represents a potential threat in the distribution in Brazil. The part of the distribution in Suriname is considered well preserved. Further research into the population status is recommended. Given the widespread distribution, this species is assessed as Least Concern (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Bárbara B Calegari, Richard P Vari, Roberto E Reis, 2019. Phylogenetic systematics of the driftwood catfishes (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae): a combined morphological and molecular analysis, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, , zlz036.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (01/2011).
Mesa-Salazar, L. 2022. Tatia concolor. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.
Sarmento-Soares, Luisa Maria; Martins-Pinheiro, Ronaldo Fernando A systematic revision of Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae) Neotropical Ichthyology, 6(3):495-542, 2008.

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Tatia concolor

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