Trichomycterus alternatus

Trichomycterus alternatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Trichomycterinae
Genus: Trichomycterus
Species: T. alternatus
Binomial name
Trichomycterus alternatus
(Eigenmann, 1917)

Trichomycterus alternatus is a species of pencil catfish endemic to Brazil, where it occurs in coastal river basins in Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo. This species reaches a maximum length of 8.1 centimetres (3.2 in).[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Trichomycterus alternatus" in FishBase. July 2014 version.


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