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Trichomycteridae
Trichogenes claviger
Trichogenes claviger
Five Point One Centimeters Trichomycterid Fish of South American Waters
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallTrichogenes claviger is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Trichomycteridae
- Genus
- Trichogenes
- Maximum length
- 5.1 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- South America: known only from the type locality, an upland tributary of the headwaters of the rio Itapemirim drainage in southeastern Brazil.
- Conservation status
- CRCritically Endangered
Class
Family
Conservation status
