Trichomycterus
Trichomycterus ytororo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Trichomycterinae
Genus: Trichomycterus
Valenciennes, 1832
Type species
Trichomycterus nigricans
Valenciennes, 1832

Trichomycterus is a genus of fish in the family Trichomycteridae, the largest genus of its family with over 170 species currently described. This genus is native to freshwater habitats in Central and South America.[1] These fish are generally small, usually about 5 to 15 cm (2–6 in) in standard length, although the largest, T. rivulatus, can reach more than twice this size.[1] Species differ from one another primarily in body proportions, fin ray counts and colouration.[2] Despite their relatively small size, some, such as T. punctulatus, support fisheries and are important in the local cuisine.[3]

Taxonomy

This genus is defined by the lack of specializations found in other trichomycterids and is certainly polyphyletic.[4][5] Although known to contain many species, Trichomycterus is poorly known with many of the known species based on brief descriptions.[4] Many species have been described recently and many more are waiting to be described.[6]

Some authors have tentatively defined putative monophyletic assemblages within the genus Trichomycterus based on the possession of unique morphological features.[4] The Trichomycterus brasiliensis species-complex includes T. brasiliensis, T. iheringi, T. maracaya, T. mimonha, T. pirabitira, T. potschi, T. vermiculatus and several undescribed species apparently endemic to the main river basins draining the Brazilian Shield.[7] However, an assemblage of species from south and southeastern Brazil is also supported that includes T. araxa,[8] T. castroi, T. davisi, T. guaraquessaba, T. immaculatus, T. itatiayae, T. mboycy, T. mirissumba, T. naipi, T. nigricans, T. papilliferus, T. plumbeus, T. stawiarski, T. taroba, T. triguttatus and T. zonatus,[5] T. aguarague, T. alterus, T. belensis, T. boylei and T. ramosus also form a diagnosable species assemblage.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Species of Trichomycterus inhabit a diversity of habitats throughout South and Central America from Costa Rica in the north to Patagonia in the south and from lowland Atlantic rainforest in the east to Andean highland streams in the west.[2] They are, together with Astroblepus and Orestias, among the very few native fish genera at high altitude in the Andes[9] and in some places, for example certain high-elevation localities in western Argentina, Trichomycterus are the only fishes.[10] About 60 nominal species are endemic to the river basins draining the Andes and hills of the Guianan Shield and about 30 species are endemic to river basins draining the Brazilian Shield.[11]

Despite the broad distribution of the genus, most species have limited distributions and usually are restricted to only one river.[12] Wide-ranging species are most likely complexes of species that are difficult to differentiate, such as the T. brasiliensis species-complex.[7] Trichomycterus gorgona, from a small stream on Gorgona Island located west of the Pacific coast of Colombia, is the first known trichomycterid to be endemic to an offshore island.[13] Many species are troglobitic.[14]

Species

There are currently 174 recognized species in this genus:

  • Trichomycterus mariamole M. A. Barbosa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2010[20]
  • Trichomycterus mboycy Wosiacki & Garavello, 2004
  • Trichomycterus megantoni L. A. Fernández & Chuquihuamaní, 2007
  • Trichomycterus meridae Regan, 1903
  • Trichomycterus migrans (Dahl, 1960)
  • Trichomycterus mimonha W. J. E. M. Costa, 1992
  • Trichomycterus mimosensis M. A. Barbosa, 2013[23]
  • Trichomycterus minus L. A. Fernández & Vari, 2012[29]
  • Trichomycterus mirissumba W. J. E. M. Costa, 1992
  • Trichomycterus mondolfi (L. P. Schultz, 1945)
  • Trichomycterus montesi Ardila Rodríguez, 2016[17]
  • Trichomycterus motatanensis (L. P. Schultz, 1944)
  • Trichomycterus naipi Wosiacki & Garavello, 2004
  • Trichomycterus nietoi Ardila Rodríguez, 2014[30]
  • Trichomycterus nigricans Valenciennes, 1832
  • Trichomycterus nigroauratus M. A. Barbosa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008
  • Trichomycterus nigromaculatus Boulenger, 1887
  • Trichomycterus novalimensis M. A. Barbosa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2010[20]
  • Trichomycterus ocanaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2011[31]
  • Trichomycterus oroyae (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
  • Trichomycterus pantherinus Alencar & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2004
  • Trichomycterus paolence (C. H. Eigenmann, 1917)
  • Trichomycterus papilliferus Wosiacki & Garavello, 2004
  • Trichomycterus paquequerensis (P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1943)
  • Trichomycterus pascuali Ochoa, G. S. C. Silva, G. J. C. Silva, C. de Oliveira & Datovo, 2017[32]
  • Trichomycterus pauciradiatus Alencar & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2006
  • Trichomycterus payaya Sarmento-Soares, Zanata & Martins-Pinheiro, 2011[33]
  • Trichomycterus perkos Datovo, M. de Carvalho & Ferrer, 2012[34]
  • Trichomycterus pirabitira M. A. Barbosa & Azevedo-Santos, 2012[35]
  • Trichomycterus piratymbara Katz, M. A. Barbosa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2013[36]
  • Trichomycterus piurae (C. H. Eigenmann, 1922)
  • Trichomycterus plumbeus Wosiacki & Garavello, 2004
  • Trichomycterus poikilos Ferrer & L. R. Malabarba, 2013[18]
  • Trichomycterus potschi M. A. Barbosa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2003
  • Trichomycterus pradensis Sarmento-Soares, Martins-Pinheiro, Aranda & Chamon, 2005
  • Trichomycterus pseudosilvinichthys L. A. Fernández & Vari, 2004
  • Trichomycterus punctatissimus Castelnau, 1855
  • Trichomycterus punctulatus Valenciennes, 1846
  • Trichomycterus puriventris M. A. Barbosa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2012[37]
  • Trichomycterus quechuorus (Steindachner, 1900)
  • Trichomycterus ramosus L. A. Fernández, 2000
  • Trichomycterus regani (C. H. Eigenmann, 1917)
  • Trichomycterus reinhardti (C. H. Eigenmann, 1917)
  • Trichomycterus retropinnis Regan, 1903
  • Trichomycterus riojanus (C. Berg, 1897)
  • Trichomycterus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1846
  • Trichomycterus roigi Arratia & Menu-Marque, 1984
  • Trichomycterus romeroi (Fowler, 1941)
  • Trichomycterus rubbioli Bichuette & Rizzato, 2012[38]
  • Trichomycterus rubiginosus M. A. Barbosa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2010[20]
  • Trichomycterus ruitoquensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2007
  • Trichomycterus sandovali Ardila Rodríguez, 2006
  • Trichomycterus santaeritae (C. H. Eigenmann, 1918)
  • Trichomycterus santanderensis Castellanos-Morales, 2007
  • Trichomycterus septemradiatus Katz, M. A. Barbosa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2013[36]
  • Trichomycterus sketi Castellanos-Morales, 2011[39]
  • Trichomycterus spegazzinii (C. Berg, 1897)
  • Trichomycterus spelaeus DoNascimiento, Villarreal & Provenzano, 2001
  • Trichomycterus spilosoma (Regan, 1913)
  • Trichomycterus stawiarski (P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1968)
  • Trichomycterus steindachneri DoNascimiento, Prada-Pedreros & Guerrero-Kommritz, 2014[40]
  • Trichomycterus stellatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1918)
  • Trichomycterus straminius (C. H. Eigenmann, 1917)
  • Trichomycterus striatus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)
  • Trichomycterus taczanowskii Steindachner, 1882
  • Trichomycterus taenia Kner, 1863
  • Trichomycterus taeniops Fowler, 1954
  • Trichomycterus taroba Wosiacki & Garavello, 2004
  • Trichomycterus tenuis Weyenbergh (de), 1877
  • Trichomycterus tete M. A. Barbosa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2011[41]
  • Trichomycterus tetuanensis L. J. García-Melo, Villa-Navarro & DoNascimiento, 2016[42]
  • Trichomycterus therma L. A. Fernández & Miranda-Chumacero, 2007
  • Trichomycterus tiraquae (Fowler, 1940)
  • Trichomycterus torcoromaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2016[43]
  • Trichomycterus transandianus (Steindachner, 1915)
  • Trichomycterus trefauti Wosiacki, 2004
  • Trichomycterus triguttatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1918)
  • Trichomycterus tropeiro Ferrer & L. R. Malabarba, 2011[44]
  • Trichomycterus tupinamba Wosiacki & Oyakawa, 2005
  • Trichomycterus uisae Castellanos-Morales, 2008
  • Trichomycterus unicolor (Regan, 1913)
  • Trichomycterus variegatus W. J. E. M. Costa, 1992
  • Trichomycterus vermiculatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1917)
  • Trichomycterus vitalbrazili Paulo J. Vilardo, Katz & W. J. E. M. Costa[45]
  • Trichomycterus vittatus Regan, 1903
  • Trichomycterus wapixana Henschel, 2016[46]
  • Trichomycterus weyrauchi (Fowler, 1945)
  • Trichomycterus ytororo Terán, Ferrer, Benítez, F. Alonso, G. Aguilera & Mirande, 2017[47]
  • Trichomycterus yuska L. A. Fernández & Schaefer, 2003
  • Trichomycterus zonatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1918)

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