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Tridensimilis venezuelae Schultz, 1944

Image contributors to this species:

Silva, JP, et al. 2023 (1)

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Relevant Information:

Habitat: Found in the in the sand of shallow rivers and creeks; parasitic, entering gill chambers of larger catfishes; also known for entering, probably by mistake, the ureta of mammals urinating under water. Aquarium Care: Seldem kept in the Aquarium due to their plain appearance and there preference to hide. Needs a substrate of fine gravel or mulm. Diet: Daphnia and mosquito larvae. Etymology: The specific name venezuelae: Of Venezuela, where type locality (Río Negro, below the mouth of the Río Yasa) is situated. Remarks: This genera is now monotypic with one described species and the former Tridensimilis brevis now reclasified as Tridentopsis brevis.

Common Name:

Venezuelan parasitic catfish

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Trichomycteridae

Distribution:

South America: Orinoco River basin, Venezuela. Type locality: Río Negro, below the mouth of the Río Yasa, Maracaibo basin, Venezuela.

Size:

3.0cm. (1¼ins)

Temp:

25-28°c (77-83°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Species of this genus are uncommon but the effect of threats on the area in which this species is found is unknown, needs updating and so, Data Deficient, (IUCN 2020).

Reference:

Evers, H.-G. & I.Seidel: Mergus, Baensch Catfish Atlas Volume 1, 1st English edn., 2005. Pp.944.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Reis, R & Lima, F. 2020. Tridensimilis venezuelae (amended version of 2009 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Tridensimilis venezuelae

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