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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Trichomycterinae
Etymology: Trichomycterus: Greek, thrix = hair + Greek, mykter, -eros = nose (Ref. 45335); gasparinii: Named for João Luis Rosetti Gasparini who first collected the new species in the field.
Eponymy: João Luis Rosetti Gasparini is a Brazilian zoologist and ichthyologist, who first collected this species (2001). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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South America: Rrio Reis Magos basin in Brazil.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94725)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10; Vertebrae: 36 - 38. Distinguished by having seven pectoral-fin rays. Can be further diagnosed from other species by having the following combination of characters: opercular odontodes vertically arranged; deeper metapterygoid, much deeper than wide (vs. wider than deeper in T. itatiayae); pectoral-fin filament about 40% of pectoral-fin length, head width 73.0-81.6% of head length; caudal fin subtruncate; caudal peduncle depth 9.9-11.9%; absence of two anterior pores of infraorbital series; 12-13 pleural ribs; 7 branchiostegal rays; and color pattern with horizontal row of brown blotches on the flank (Ref. 94725).

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Barbosa, M.A., 2013. Description of two new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the coastal river basins, southeastern Brazil. Verteb. Zool. 63(3):269-275. (Ref. 94725)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 November 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00358 - 0.02025), b=2.93 (2.74 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Trichomycterus gasparinii Barbosa, 2013