Trichomycterus poikilos

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 poikilos

Name

Trichomycterus poikilos Ferrer & Malabarba, 2013

• Holotype: UFRGS 16239.
• Paratypes: CIUFSC 2117 (4); MCN 16089 (5, 1 c&s), 15679 (1); MCP 18253 (1), 21231 (2), 21237 (1), 21252 (1), 21464 (1), 21508 (3), 21522 (1), 22127 (1), 22193 (1), 22219 (3), 22699 (6, 1 c&s), 22778 (1), 26540 (2), 26974 (1), 46948 (7, 1c&s), 21203 (1), 22237 (2), 26725 (2); MPEG 24031 (2); MZUSP 110993 (5); UFRGS 16240 (10, 3 c&s), 11856 (2), 14992 (6, 1 c&s), 13892 (2), 16241 (6, 1 c&s), 16342 (2, 1 c&s).

Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul State, municipality of Júlio de Castilhos, arroio Passo dos Buracos or Tipiaia on road BR-158, alto rio Jacuí basin, 29º06’50”S, 53º39’04”W.

Etymology: The specific name is from the Greek poikilos (= variegated, varicolored), in reference to the intraspecific color pattern variation of the species.

References

• Ferrer, J. & Malabarba, L. R.; 2013: Taxonomic review of the genus Trichomycterus Valenciennes (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the laguna dos Patos system, Southern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (2): 217–246.
• Trichomycterus poikilos in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.