Ituglanis metae • Trichomycteridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Ituglanis metae** (Eigenmann, 1917)
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Barrigona, Colombia.
Synonym(s)	Pygidium metae, Trichomycterus metae
Etymology	Greek, itys, ityos = circle + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish.
Species Information
Size	80mm (3.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Rio Meta: Columbia Orinoco, Middle Orinoco, Meta (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	25.0-28.0°C or 77-82.4°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	In nature, it is not known whether this species feeds on flesh or blood of living animals or it lives on carrion. Opercle hooks enable it to cling to and to dig little tunnels into the flesh of larger fishes, likely the area under the gill cover.
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Proc. Am. Philos. Soc.v. 56 - pp694
Registered Keepers	(1) Dave Rinaldo, (2) daniel60, (3) AleGer (k: 10), who also notes: "Wild from Peru", (4) Richard B (k: 8), who also notes: "Obtained from The Dark One - upon transfer to permanent home a few seem unspotted & pale golden although in good health - th species might not be metae for these though", (5) kruseman (k: 9), (6) clarenas, (7) dmcat (k: 4). Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Ituglanis metae (Eigenmann, 1917)

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Barrigona, Colombia.

Synonym(s)

Pygidium metae, Trichomycterus metae

Etymology

Greek, itys, ityos = circle + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish.

Species Information

Size

80mm (3.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Rio Meta: Columbia
Orinoco, Middle Orinoco, Meta (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

Temperature

25.0-28.0°C or 77-82.4°F (Show others within this range)

Husbandry Information

Feeding

In nature, it is not known whether this species feeds on flesh or blood of living animals or it lives on carrion. Opercle hooks enable it to cling to and to dig little tunnels into the flesh of larger fishes, likely the area under the gill cover.

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Proc. Am. Philos. Soc.v. 56 - pp694

Registered Keepers

(1) Dave Rinaldo, (2) daniel60, (3) AleGer (k: 10), who also notes: "Wild from Peru", (4) Richard B (k: 8), who also notes: "Obtained from The Dark One - upon transfer to permanent home a few seem unspotted & pale golden although in good health - th species might not be metae for these though", (5) kruseman (k: 9), (6) clarenas, (7) dmcat (k: 4).

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Breeding Reports

None.