Overview
Family : Pencil or parasitic catfishes ; A rheophilic species which dwells on limonite rocky bottom streamlet with pebbles and sand , and pools with muddy bottom and accumulated plant debris . Crepuscular and nocturnal , it forages on the bottom and picks mostly benthic prey . Feeds on immature aquatic insects (ephemeropterans, trichopterans, and plecopterans) with larger individuals preying on small tadpoles [1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Maracaya Pencil Catfish, Margay Pencil Catfish
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Siluriformes
()
- Family:
Trichomycteridae
()
- Genus:
Trichomycterus
()
- Valenciennes, 1833
- Specific name:
maracaya
- Bockmann & Sazima, 2004
- Scientific name: - Trichomycterus maracaya Bockmann & Sazima, 2004
- Specific name:
maracaya
- Bockmann & Sazima, 2004
- Genus:
Trichomycterus
(
- Family:
Trichomycteridae
(
- Order:
Siluriformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Bockmann, F.A. and I. Sazima Trichomycterus
maracaya, a new catfish from the upper rio Paraná, southeastern
Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), with notes
on the T.
brasiliensis species-complex. Neotrop. Ichthyol
. 2(2):651-74.,
2004.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Trichomycterus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. goeldii (Candiru) · T. guianense (Candiru) · T. maracaya (Maracaya Pencil Catfish) · T. punctatissimus (Pencil Catfish) · T. striatus (Pencil Catfish)
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Further Reading
- Bockmann, F.A. and I. Sazima Trichomycterus maracaya, a new catfish from the upper rio Paraná, southeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), with notes on the T. brasiliensis species-complex. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 2(2):651-74., 2004.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Pinna, Mário de (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3766927
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-153114
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 682230
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 397827
Footnotes
- "Manfreda variegata". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 463, 464. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
