| Family: |
Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes), subfamily: Glanapteryginae |
| Max. size: |
2.818 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
South America: Rio Cuao drainage basin in Venezuela. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 5-5; Vertebrae: 51-53. Diagnosed from all congeners by the presence of three branchiostegal rays, posterior naris absent and the lack of pleural ribs. Differs further from both Typhlobelus ternetzi and T. macromycterus by the absence of eyes, and further distinguished from T. macromycterus by the presence of the nine caudal fin rays and five anal-fin rays and differs further from T. lundbergi by the presence of three laterosensory canal pores (Ref. 56682). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 21 August 2020 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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