Overview
Distribution
South America: Chama River basin in Venezuela.
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de PÃnna, M.C.C. and W. Wosiacki 2003 Trichomycteridae (pencil or parasitic catfishes). p. 270-290. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 39970)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=39970&speccode=10405
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
17.4 cm (male/unsexed; (Ref. 39970))
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de PÃnna, M.C.C. and W. Wosiacki 2003 Trichomycteridae (pencil or parasitic catfishes). p. 270-290. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 39970)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=39970&speccode=10405
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Type Information
Paratype for Pygidium emanueli emanueli
Catalog Number: USNM 121226
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): L. Schultz
Year Collected: 1942
Locality: Venezuela: Rio Chama 10 km. Below Lagunillas, Estado De Merida, Maracaibo Basin, Merida, Venezuela, South America
Catalog Number: USNM 121226
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): L. Schultz
Year Collected: 1942
Locality: Venezuela: Rio Chama 10 km. Below Lagunillas, Estado De Merida, Maracaibo Basin, Merida, Venezuela, South America
- Paratype: Schultz, L. P. 1944. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 94 (3172): 259, 5C.
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Paratype for Pygidium emanueli emanueli
Catalog Number: USNM 121225
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): L. Schultz
Year Collected: 1942
Locality: Venez: Rio Gonazales, Trib. Rio Chama At La Gonzales, Estado De Merida, Merida, Venezuela, South America
Catalog Number: USNM 121225
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): L. Schultz
Year Collected: 1942
Locality: Venez: Rio Gonazales, Trib. Rio Chama At La Gonzales, Estado De Merida, Merida, Venezuela, South America
- Paratype: Schultz, L. P. 1944. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 94 (3172): 259, 5C.
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Paratype for Pygidium emanueli emanueli
Catalog Number: USNM 121224
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): L. Schultz
Year Collected: 1942
Locality: Venez: Rio Chama At Estanques, Estado De Merida, Merida, Venezuela, South America
Catalog Number: USNM 121224
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): L. Schultz
Year Collected: 1942
Locality: Venez: Rio Chama At Estanques, Estado De Merida, Merida, Venezuela, South America
- Paratype: Schultz, L. P. 1944. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 94 (3172): 259, 5C.
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Holotype for Pygidium emanueli emanueli
Catalog Number: USNM 121223
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Radiograph
Collector(s): L. Schultz
Year Collected: 1942
Locality: Venez: Rio Chama At Estanques, Estado De Merida, Merida, Venezuela, South America
Catalog Number: USNM 121223
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Radiograph
Collector(s): L. Schultz
Year Collected: 1942
Locality: Venez: Rio Chama At Estanques, Estado De Merida, Merida, Venezuela, South America
- Holotype: Schultz, L. P. 1944. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 94 (3172): 259, 5C.
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Ecology
Habitat
Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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