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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Trichomycterus&speciesname=potschi ---> http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Trichomycterus&speciesname=potschi http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Trichomycterus&speciesname=potschi ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Trichomycterus&speciesname=potschi https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Trichomycterus&speciesname=potschi ---> https://fishbase.net.br/summary/Trichomycterus-potschi.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Trichomycterus Species in    Trichomycteridae - Classification - Trichomycterinae Trichomycteridae Siluriformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Trichomycterus potschi Barbosa & Costa , 2003 Add your observation in Fish Watcher AquaMaps webservice down at the moment Upload your photos  and  videos Google image No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Trichomycteridae. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Trichomycterinae Etymology: Trichomycterus: Greek, thrix = hair + Greek, mykter, -eros = nose (Ref. 45335 ) ;   potschi: Named for the herpetologist Sérgio Potsch, who first collected the new species. . More on authors: Barbosa & Costa . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Freshwater; demersal. Tropical Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri South America: coastal basins between Mangaratiba and Itaguaí in Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 52913 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-12; Anal soft rays : 9 - 10; Vertebrae : 37 - 39. Posterior tip of posterior ceratohyal slender, its depth 2.3-6.5% of longitudinal length of the hyoid bar; ventroposterior process of posterior ceratohyal absent or vestigial (1.7%, or less when present, of longitudinal length of the hyoid bar); opercular patch of odontodes slender, its depth 44.0-73.7% of base length of opercular dorsal projection; first pectoral-fin ray 28.8-37.0% of pectoral-fin length); 7 pectoral fin rays; 8 branchiostegal rays; 14-15 pleural ribs; infraorbital sensory pores i1 and i3 present; supraorbital sensory pores s6 nearer to each other than to eye; dorsal-fin origin in vertical through centrum of 20th or 21st vertebra; anal-fin origin in vertical through centrum of 23rd or 24th vertebra; pelvic fins anteriorly placed; prepelvic length 53.9-57.8% SL; orbital diameter 6.7-7.5% of head length; head length 20.0-21.8% SL; interorbital width 28.1-30.8% of head length; caudal peduncle depth 13.8-15.3% SL; body width 9.7-12.3% SL; body depth 15.1-16.4% SL; dorsal-fin base 10.6-11.4% SL; anal-fin base 8.6-10.2% SL; and pectoral-fin length 9.9-12.5% SL (Ref. 52913 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Inhabits clear water, shallow stream (about 0.6 m deep), with sandy bottom (Ref. 52913 ). Some specimens were encountered entirely buried in the bottom (Ref. 52913 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Pinna, Mário de | Collaborators Barbosa, M.A. and W.J.E.M. Costa , 2003. Trichomycterus potschi (Siluriformes: Loricarioidei): a new trichomycterid catfish from coastal streams of southeastern Brazil. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 14(3):281-287. (Ref. 52913 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Data deficient (DD)  ; Date assessed: 07 November 2018 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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