Trichomycterus spilosoma • Trichomycteridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Trichomycterus spilosoma** (Regan, 1913)
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Río San Juan, Colombia.
Synonym(s)	Pygidium spilosoma
Etymology	Trichomycterus: From the Greek trichos, meaning hair and mykter, meaning nose; in reference to the barbels.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Sipi and Tamana River basins, Colombia. Colombia Pacific Rivers, San Juan (Colombia), Tamaña (click on these areas to find other species found there) Colombia Pacific Rivers, San Juan (Colombia), Sipi (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Furniture	In the wild found in small streams with a sand and rock bottom with no vegetation. The captured fish were found hiding under rocks.
Compatibility	Found in the wild with T. alterus.
Further Information
References	Regan [C. T.] 1913:468 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 12 (no. 71)
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2011 Feb 20 02:43 (species record created: 2011 Feb 05 11:50)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Trichomycterus spilosoma (Regan, 1913)

None

Río San Juan, Colombia.

Pygidium spilosoma

Trichomycterus: From the Greek trichos, meaning hair and mykter, meaning nose; in reference to the barbels.

Habitat Information

Sipi and Tamana River basins, Colombia.
Colombia Pacific Rivers, San Juan (Colombia), Tamaña (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Colombia Pacific Rivers, San Juan (Colombia), Sipi (click on these areas to find other species found there)