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Jump to next section Species List
1. Bullockia maldonadoi (i:1, k:0)
2. Eremophilus mutisii (i:8, k:1)
3. Haemomaster venezuelae (i:2, k:0)
4. Henonemus punctatus (i:1, k:0)
5. Henonemus taxistigmus (i:2, k:0)
6. Henonemus triacanthopomus (i:2, k:0)
7. Ituglanis amazonicus (i:4, k:1)
8. Ituglanis metae (i:10, k:6)
9. Ituglanis passensis (i:1, k:0)
10. Listrura nematopteryx (i:1, k:0)
11. Microcambeva barbata (i:0, k:0)
12. Microcambeva draco (i:0, k:0)
13. Microcambeva ribeirae (i:0, k:0)
14. Miuroglanis platycephalus (i:1, k:0)
15. Ochmacanthus cf. alternus (i:2, k:0)
16. Ochmacanthus orinoco (i:3, k:0)
17. Parastegophilus paulensis (i:2, k:0)
18. Paravandellia oxyptera (i:2, k:0)
19. Pareiodon sp. (1) (i:10, k:1)
20. Pseudostegophilus nemurus (i:8, k:4)
21. Rhizosomichthys totae (i:7, k:0)
22. Sarcoglanis simplex (i:2, k:0)
23. Stauroglanis gouldingi (i:1, k:0)
24. Stegophilus insidiosus (i:3, k:0)
25. Stegophilus punctatus (i:2, k:0)
26. Stegophilus septentrionalis (i:1, k:0)
27. Trichogenes longipinnis (i:3, k:0)
28. Trichomycterus albinotatus (i:1, k:0)
29. Trichomycterus alternatus (i:5, k:1)
30. Trichomycterus arleoi (i:1, k:0)
31. Trichomycterus auroguttatus (i:1, k:0)
32. Trichomycterus bomboizanus (i:3, k:0)
33. Trichomycterus borellii (i:3, k:0)
34. Trichomycterus immaculatus (i:1, k:0)
35. Trichomycterus itatiayae (i:1, k:0)
36. Trichomycterus maracaya (i:1, k:1)
37. Trichomycterus migrans (i:3, k:0)
38. Trichomycterus mirissumba (i:2, k:0)
39. Trichomycterus mondolfi (i:4, k:2)
40. Trichomycterus sp. (1) (i:4, k:0)
41. Trichomycterus spegazzini (i:3, k:0)
42. Trichomycterus spilosoma (i:3, k:0)
43. Trichomycterus striatus (i:1, k:0)
44. Tridensimilis brevis (i:6, k:3)
45. Tridensimilis venezuelae (i:7, k:1)
46. Vandellia cirrhosa (i:8, k:2)
47. Vandellia sanguinea (i:2, k:0)
Jump to next section Total of 47 species
Jump to next section The Catfish Family Trichomycteridae
Trichomycteridae
Pronounced trick oh mick TERR id day
Family Common Name Parasitic Catfish
Features These elongate and small eel or worm-like catfishes are totally naked. They have small eyes placed on the top of their heads. Some species posses erectile spines on their gill plates. Only 2 of the 30 or so genera are truly parasitic.
Distribution South America
Common Names Although a fairly large family found in areas where commercial exporting is established, these fish are rarely collected for sale. The most commonly encountered name is their local name, 'Candiru'.
Size Smallest 12mm, largest 300mm, average 67mm, most commonly 60mm. All SL.
Species There are 47 species in 21 genera in the database
Keepers 11 species (23%) are being kept by registered keepers
Jump to next section Top Five Genera
1. Ituglanis (7 keepers)
2. Pseudostegophilus (4 keepers)
3. Tridensimilis (4 keepers)
4. Trichomycterus (4 keepers)
5. Vandellia (2 keepers)
Jump to next section Most Kept Species
1. Pseudostegophilus nemurus (16.2%)
2. Vandellia cirrhosa (10.2%)
3. Eremophilus mutisii (9.24%)
4. Tridensimilis brevis (7.14%)
5. Trichomycterus alternatus (5.38%)
6. Ituglanis metae (4.17%)
7. Ochmacanthus orinoco (3.48%)
8. Paravandellia oxyptera (3.31%)
9. Ituglanis amazonicus (3.1%)
10. Bullockia maldonadoi (2.9%)
11. Vandellia sanguinea (2.76%)
12. Trichomycterus mondolfi (2.73%)
13. Henonemus taxistigmus (2.72%)
14. Trichogenes longipinnis (2.7%)
15. Trichomycterus maracaya (2.26%)
16. Pareiodon sp. (1) (2.25%)
17. Ituglanis passensis (2.24%)
18. Tridensimilis venezuelae (2.24%)
19. Henonemus punctatus (2.22%)
20. Trichomycterus itatiayae (2.21%)
21. Rhizosomichthys totae (2.17%)
22. Trichomycterus mirissumba (2.11%)
23. Stauroglanis gouldingi (2.11%)
24. Listrura nematopteryx (2.09%)
25. Parastegophilus paulensis (2.06%)

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