Trichomycterus alternatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Trichomycteridae
Genus: Trichomycterus
Species: Trichomycterus alternatus

Name

• Trichomycterus alternatus (Eigenmann, 1917)

Holotype: FMNH 58082 [ex CM 7079]. Paratypes: CAS 64575 (4); FMNH 58083 (62).

Type locality: Brazil, Rio Doce.

Synonyms

• Pygidium alternatum Eigenmann, 1917
  • Trichomycterus alternatum (Eigenmann, 1917)
• Pygidium florense Miranda Ribeiro, 1943
  • Trichomycterus florense (Miranda Ribeiro, 1943)
  • Trichomycterus florensis (Miranda Ribeiro, 1943)
• Pygidium travassosi Miranda Ribeiro, 1949
  • Trichomycterus travassosi (Miranda Ribeiro, 1949)

References

• Barbosa, M. A. & Costa, W. J. E. M., 2012: Trichomycterus puriventris (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), a new species of catfish from the rio Paraíba do Sul basin, southeastern Brazil. Vertebrate Zoology, 62 (2): 155–160. [for comparison]
• Eigenmann, C. H., 1917: Descriptions of sixteen new species of Pygidiidae. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 56: 690–703.
• Miranda Ribeiro, P. de, 1943: Dois novos Pigidídeos Brasileiros (Pisces-Pygidiidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, No. 9: 1–3.
• Miranda Ribeiro, P. de, 1949: Duas novas espécies de peixes na colecão ictiológica do Museu Nacional (Pisces, Callichthyidae et Pygidiidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 9 (2): 143–145.
• Reis, R. E. , Kullander, S. O. & Ferraris, Jr., C. J., (eds), 2003: Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. CLOFFSCA. EDIPUCRS, Porto Alegre. 1-729. [for synonymy]
• Reis, V.J.C. & de Pinna, M. 2019. The type specimens of Trichomycterus alternatus (Eigenmann, 1917) and Trichomycterus zonatus (Eigenmann, 1918), with elements for future revisionary work (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Zootaxa 4585(1): 100–120. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.1.6 Reference page. 

Links

• Trichomycterus alternatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.