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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); crispim: Name 'crispim' in reference to the local tragedy-legend 'Cabeça de Cuia'. Crispin, who murdered his mother, was cursed and turned into a horrific aquatic creature with a gigantic 'cuia' (bowlshaped) head, condemned to perpetually wander the Parnaíba River and only to be
redeemed after devouring seven virgins named Maria. A noun in apposittion.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 137946)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Donin, L.M., M.C.C. de Pinna, W. Severi and T.P.A. Ramos, 2023. Filling in a biogeographic gap: the first Trichomycteridae from the Parnaíba River basin (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Neotrop. Ichthyol. 21(2):e230018. (Ref. 137946)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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