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Trichomycterus tiraquae (Fowler, 1940)

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Gallo-Cardozo F. et al 2025 (3)

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Description: Distinguished from Trichomycterus therma by having prepelvic length 56.6-57.6% of SL (vs. 58.7-61.0); head width 17.4-18.9% SL (vs. 19.1-22.8); and submaxillary barbel length 43.3-54.8% SL (vs. 23.9-37.5). Shares with Trichomycterus corduvensis for having the shape of maxilla, which has anterior process enlarged and equal to, or longer than the main axis of the bone and with an anterolateral orientation. Diet: will feed on most aquarium fare such as tablet, frozen and live foods. Remarks: Trichomycterus tiraquae has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2020 and is listed as Least Concern. There are no data on the population size and trend for this species. However, it is relatively common in tributaries of the Grande River system between 2,500 and 3,900 m asl.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Pygidium tiraquae

Family:

Trichomycteridae

Distribution:

South America: Thermal stream, Bolivia. Type locality: Pucara River, Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Size:

4.0cm. (1¾ins)

Temp:

25-30°c (77-87°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M. 2023. Trichomycterus tiraquae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.
Fernández, L. and G. Miranda, 2007. A catfish of the genus Trichomycterus from a thermal stream in southern South America (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), with comments on relationships within the genus. J. Fish Biol. 71(5):1303-1316.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 10/2024 ).
Gallo-Cardozo F, Carvajal-Vallejos FM, Careaga M, Herbas L, Goitia E, Maldonado M. Population dynamics of two Andean Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) species from Bolivia. Neotrop Ichthyol. 2025; 23(1):e240070.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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