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Down Summary of trichomycterus
Pronounced trick oh mick terr uss.
Etymology Trichomycterus: From the Greek trichos, meaning hair and mykter, meaning nose; in reference to the barbels.
Feeding This genus takes live or frozen food is well accepted, as is commerical dry prepared foods. Be careful not to overfeed. In nature, they feed on small invertebrates living at the bottom.
Breeding Unreported in the aquarium.
Size Smallest 30mm, largest 374mm, average 95mm, most commonly 60mm. All SL.
Species There are 198 "species" in the database
Keepers 169 species (85%) are being kept by registered keepers
New spp. / time
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Distribution

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1.
Trichomycterus mondolfiTrichomycterus mondolfi
(1.73%)
2.
Trichomycterus alternatusTrichomycterus alternatus
(1.16%)
3.
Trichomycterus maracayaTrichomycterus maracaya
(1.16%)
4. Trichomycterus gambitaensis (0.58%)
5. Trichomycterus ardilai (0.58%)
6.
Trichomycterus sp. `JIBOIA`Trichomycterus sp. `JIBOIA`
(0.58%)
7. Trichomycterus diamantinensis (0.58%)
8.
Trichomycterus espinhacensisTrichomycterus espinhacensis
(0.58%)
9.
Trichomycterus castelensisTrichomycterus castelensis
(0.58%)
10.
Trichomycterus caratinguensisTrichomycterus caratinguensis
(0.58%)
11.
Trichomycterus brigadeirensisTrichomycterus brigadeirensis
(0.58%)
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