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Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Trichomycterinae
Etymology: Trichomycterus: Greek, thrix = hair + Greek, mykter, -eros = nose (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Josefa Celsa ‘Celsi’ Señaris (d: 1965) is a biologist and herpetologist at Fundación La Salle de Ciencia Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela, which she joined (1986) as Assistant, becoming Assistant Director (1994) and Director (2004), Natural History [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Venezuela.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior
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Lasso, C.A. and F. Provenzano, 2003. Dos nuevas especies de bagres del género Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) de la Gran Sabana, Escudo de las Guayanas, Venezuela. Rev. Biol. Trop. 50(3-4):1139-1149. (Ref. 78652)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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