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Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Trichomycterinae
Etymology: Ituglanis: Greek, itys, ityos = circle + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335); compactus: From the Latin compactus, alluding to the small body size and internal and external characters maintained compared to the larger size congeners.
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Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Rio Iratapuru, a left-bank tributary of the rio Jari, Amapá State, Brazil.
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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116503)
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Castro, I.D.S. and W.B. Wosiacki, 2017. Ituglanis compactus, a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the rio Jari drainage, lower Amazon, Brazil. Zootaxa 4244(2):207-218. (Ref. 116503)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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