Trichomycterus iheringi

Taxobox
name = "Trichomycterus iheringi"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Trichomycteridae
subfamilia = Trichomycterinae
genus = "Trichomycterus"
species = "T. iheringi"
binomial = "Trichomycterus iheringi"
binomial_authority = Eigenmann, 1917

"Trichomycterus iheringi" is a species of catfish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae. It is restricted to a small area of coastal Brazil in São Paulo and Paraná states, centred on Santos.

This is an elongate catfish up to around 140 mm standard length. It has no unique morphological features and can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of characters including a uniformly buff colouring with small dark spots over the whole body, pelvic fin margin distant from the urogenital opening and rounded caudal fin.

References

* [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/zt01040p064.pdf A new species of "Trichomycterus" (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from south Brazil and redescription of "T. iheringi" (Eigenmann) W. B. WOSIACKI]