Trichomycterus alternatus

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

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

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

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