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Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae Pencil or parasitic catfishes
Subfamily: Trichomycterinae
Genus: Trichomycterus

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Trichomycterus aguarague South America 2006
Trichomycterus albinotatus South America 4.6 1992
Trichomycterus alternatus South America 8.1 1917
Trichomycterus alterus South America 9.3 NG 1933
Trichomycterus areolatus South America 17.6 TL 1846
Trichomycterus argos South America 11.7 SL 2012
Trichomycterus arhuaco South America 7.0 SL 2016
Trichomycterus arleoi South America 7 SL 1972
Trichomycterus atochae South America 1942
Trichomycterus auroguttatus South America 6.1 1992
Trichomycterus bahianus South America 8.9 1992
Trichomycterus balios South America 9.2 SL 2013
Trichomycterus ballesterosi South America 2011
Trichomycterus banneaui South America 6.2 SL 1912
Trichomycterus barbouri South America 3.7 1911
Trichomycterus belensis South America 6.4 SL 2002
Trichomycterus bogotensis South America 9.4 1912
Trichomycterus bomboizanus South America 11.2 1942
Trichomycterus borellii South America 11 1897
Trichomycterus boylei South America 13.3 TL 1956
Trichomycterus brachykechenos South America 7.1 SL 2013
Trichomycterus brasiliensis South America 13.5 SL 1874
Trichomycterus brunoi South America 2010
Trichomycterus cachiraensis South America 10.9 SL 2008
Trichomycterus caipora South America 11.6 SL 2008
Trichomycterus caliensis South America 5.3 1912
Trichomycterus candidus South America 7.5 1949
Trichomycterus castroi South America 14.8 1992
Trichomycterus catamarcensis South America 4.2 2000
Trichomycterus caudofasciatus South America 5.3 SL 2004
Trichomycterus celsae South America 2003
Trichomycterus chaberti South America 11.5 1968
Trichomycterus chapmani South America 11.8 1912
Trichomycterus chiltoni South America 17 1928
Trichomycterus chungaraensis South America 12 1983
Trichomycterus claudiae South America 2010
Trichomycterus concolor South America 6.4 1992
Trichomycterus conradi South America 8 1912
Trichomycterus corduvensis South America 13.6 NG 1877
Trichomycterus crassicaudatus South America 13.5 SL 2008
Trichomycterus dali South America 7.9 SL 2011
Trichomycterus davisi South America 20.8 SL 1911
Trichomycterus diabolus South America 22.5 TL 2004
Trichomycterus diatropoporos South America 6.8 SL 2013
Trichomycterus dispar South America 26 1846
Trichomycterus donascimientoi South America 8 SL 2018
Trichomycterus dorsostriatum South America 7.7 1917
Trichomycterus duellmani South America 4.8 TL 1984
Trichomycterus emanueli South America 17.4 1944
Trichomycterus fassli South America 14.9 1915
Trichomycterus fuliginosus South America 2010
Trichomycterus gabrieli South America 5 1926
Trichomycterus garciamarquezi South America 3.1 SL 2016
Trichomycterus gasparinii South America 8.5 SL 2013
Trichomycterus giganteus South America 20.4 SL 2004
Trichomycterus goeldii South America 9.9 TL 1896
Trichomycterus gorgona South America 6.4 SL 2005
Trichomycterus guaraquessaba South America 9.2 SL 2005
Trichomycterus guianense South America 7.7 1909
Trichomycterus heterodontus South America 8.3 1917
Trichomycterus hualco South America 6.9 SL 2009
Trichomycterus igobi South America 9.0 SL 2008
Trichomycterus iheringi South America 16.1 1917
Trichomycterus immaculatus South America 9.3 1889
Trichomycterus itacambirussu South America 7.4 SL 2004
Trichomycterus itacarambiensis South America 8.3 SL 1996
Trichomycterus itatiayae South America 19.7 SL 1906
Trichomycterus jacupiranga South America 2005
Trichomycterus jequitinhonhae South America 8.4 SL 2004
Trichomycterus kankuamo South America 5.9 SL 2016
Trichomycterus knerii South America 15.5 1882
Trichomycterus landinga South America 4.3 SL 2004
Trichomycterus latidens South America 5.3 1917
Trichomycterus latistriatus South America 4.6 1917
Trichomycterus laucaensis South America 14.1 1983
Trichomycterus lewi South America 2003
Trichomycterus longibarbatus South America 5.8 1992
Trichomycterus macrophthalmus South America 6 SL 2012
Trichomycterus macrotrichopterus South America 2010
Trichomycterus maculosus South America 7.7 SL 2010
Trichomycterus maldonadoi South America 2011
Trichomycterus manaurensis South America 6.2 SL 2016
Trichomycterus maracaiboensis South America 4.4 1944
Trichomycterus maracaya Margay pencil catfish South America 5.1 SL 2004
Trichomycterus mariamole South America 2010
Trichomycterus mboycy South America 12.6 SL 2004
Trichomycterus megantoni Trichomycterus meganto 10.1 SL 2007
Trichomycterus meridae South America 9.9 1903
Trichomycterus migrans South America 4.2 NG 1960
Trichomycterus mimonha South America 7.8 1992
Trichomycterus mimosensis South America 5.4 SL 2013
Trichomycterus minus South America 7.5 SL 2012
Trichomycterus mirissumba South America 6.0 1992
Trichomycterus mondolfi South America 6.1 1945
Trichomycterus montesi South America 11.1 SL 2016
Trichomycterus motatanensis South America 7.1 1944
Trichomycterus naipi South America 12.2 SL 2004
Trichomycterus nietoi South America 15.8 SL 2014
Trichomycterus nigricans South America 8.9 1832
Trichomycterus nigroauratus South America 7.3 SL 2008
Trichomycterus nigromaculatus South America 16.5 1887
Trichomycterus novalimensis South America 2010
Trichomycterus ocanaensis South America 5.2 SL 2011
Trichomycterus oroyae South America 1889
Trichomycterus pantherinus South America 7.0 SL 2004
Trichomycterus paolence South America 6.8 1917
Trichomycterus papilliferus South America 12.7 SL 2004
Trichomycterus paquequerense South America 6.8 SL 1943
Trichomycterus pauciradiatus South America 5.2 SL 2006
Trichomycterus payaya South America 3.7 SL 2011
Trichomycterus perkos South America 2012
Trichomycterus pirabitira South America 7.7 SL 2012
Trichomycterus piratymbara South America 2013
Trichomycterus piurae South America 10.1 SL 1922
Trichomycterus plumbeus South America 8.2 SL 2004
Trichomycterus poikilos South America 9.3 SL 2013
Trichomycterus potschi South America 8.1 SL 2003
Trichomycterus pradensis South America 11.2 SL 2005
Trichomycterus pseudosilvinichthys South America 6.7 SL 2004
Trichomycterus punctatissimus South America 28 TL 1855
Trichomycterus punctulatus South America 14.8 SL 1846
Trichomycterus puriventris South America 8.0 SL 2012
Trichomycterus ramosus South America 6.7 SL 2000
Trichomycterus regani South America 5.5 1917
Trichomycterus reinhardti South America 6.5 1917
Trichomycterus retropinnis South America 8 TL 1903
Trichomycterus riojanus South America 8.5 1897
Trichomycterus rivulatus South America 37.4 TL 1846
Trichomycterus roigi South America 11 TL 1984
Trichomycterus romeroi South America 6.6 NG 1941
Trichomycterus rosablanca South America 10.3 SL 2018
Trichomycterus rubbioli South America 6.4 SL 2012
Trichomycterus rubiginosus South America 2010
Trichomycterus ruitoquensis South America 2007
Trichomycterus sandovali South America 2006
Trichomycterus santaeritae South America 6.6 1918
Trichomycterus santanderensis South America 10.1 SL 2007
Trichomycterus septemradiatus South America 2013
Trichomycterus sketi South America 6.2 SL 2011
Trichomycterus spectrum South America 13.2 SL 2020
Trichomycterus spegazzinii South America 10.8 NG 1897
Trichomycterus spelaeus South America 5.4 SL 2001
Trichomycterus spilosoma South America 25 1913
Trichomycterus stawiarski South America 8.5 1968
Trichomycterus steindachneri South America 14.4 SL 2014
Trichomycterus stellatus South America 7.8 1918
Trichomycterus straminius South America 6.7 1917
Trichomycterus striatus Central and South America 8.4 1913
Trichomycterus taczanowskii South America 11.3 1882
Trichomycterus taenia South America 11.1 1863
Trichomycterus taeniops South America 9.2 1954
Trichomycterus taroba South America 5.9 SL 2004
Trichomycterus tenuis South America 11.7 1877
Trichomycterus tete South America 6.1 SL 2011
Trichomycterus therma South America 5.8 SL 2007
Trichomycterus tiraquae South America 6.0 SL 1940
Trichomycterus torcoromaensis South America 6.4 SL 2016
Trichomycterus transandianus South America 6.1 1915
Trichomycterus trefauti South America 2004
Trichomycterus triguttatus South America 3.6 1918
Trichomycterus tropeiro South America 2011
Trichomycterus tupinamba South America 2005
Trichomycterus uisae Trepador South America 7.3 SL 2008
Trichomycterus unicolor South America 8.5 1913
Trichomycterus variegatus South America 4.0 1992
Trichomycterus varii South America 2018
Trichomycterus venulosus South America 12.5 1915
Trichomycterus vermiculatus South America 13.1 1917
Trichomycterus vittatus South America 7.8 1903
Trichomycterus weyrauchi South America 4.9 1945
Trichomycterus yuska South America 9.7 SL 2003
Trichomycterus zonatus South America 6.2 1918



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