Trichomycterus macrophthalmus Barbosa & Costa, 2012

de Brito, Victor & Buckup, Paulo Andreas, 2019, The fish fauna of the upper Piraí drainage, a transposed mountain river system in southeastern, Brazil, Check List 15 (1), pp. 235-247 : 239-240

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/15.1.235

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Trichomycterus macrophthalmus Barbosa & Costa, 2012
status

 

Trichomycterus macrophthalmus Barbosa & Costa, 2012 View in CoL Figure 3A

Geographic distribution: Piraí river drainage.

Diagnosis: Trichomycterus macrophthalmus is characterized by the colour pattern consisting of transverse dark bars crossing the dorsum, which can be fused with lateral marks in this species ( Barbosa and Costa 2012). Trichomycterus macrophthalmus is distinguished from T. mariamole and T. nigroauratus by the presence of 9 pairs of ribs and eye diameter 13.2% to 14.6% the size of head length (HL) ( Barbosa and Costa 2012).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Trichomycteridae

Genus

Trichomycterus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Trichomycteridae

Genus

Trichomycterus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Trichomycteridae

Genus

Trichomycterus

Loc

Trichomycterus macrophthalmus Barbosa & Costa, 2012

de Brito, Victor & Buckup, Paulo Andreas 2019
2019
Loc

Trichomycterus macrophthalmus

Barbosa & Costa 2012
2012
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