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Fat catfish (Rhizosomichthys totae)
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Fat catfish (Rhizosomichthys totae) specimen
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Trichomycteridae

Fat catfish

Rhizosomichthys totae

Critically Endangered Catfish in the Record

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South America
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Fat catfish is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 13.8 cm.

Maximum length
13.8 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
South America: Lake Tota basin in Colombia.
Conservation status
CRCritically Endangered

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