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Trachelyopterus albicrux (Berg, 1901)

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Robin Warne (1) Allan James (1) Cheilinus Aquarium Photography (2)

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T. albicrux is a demersal (living at or near the bottom of the water body) species. Habitat: Species of the genus are adaptable to different freshwater habitats, including ponds, ditches, burrow pits along roads and dammed areas. This species is known from the Rio de la Plata, but it is not clear whether it occurs only in the estuary, or in the La Plata River basin which drains into the estuary in Argentina. Etymology: The genus name Trachelyopterus: meaning trachelos, neck; pterus, fin, presumably referring to the elevated nape of T. coriaceus, which gives the appearance that dorsal fin originates at the neck region. The specific name albicrux: albus, white; crux, cross, referring to white cross-like marking when viewed from above.

Common Name:

White Cross Woodcat

Synonyms:

Parauchenipterus albicrux, Trachycorystes albicrux

Family:

Auchenipteridae

Distribution:

South America: La Plata River basin. Type locality: Río de la Plata, cerca de la embocadura del Río Santiago, Buenos Aires.

Size:

12.0cm. (4¾ins)

Temp:

18-24°c (63-75°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Trachelyopterus albicrux

Trachelyopterus albicrux
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