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Scientific Name	**Ituglanis metae** (Eigenmann, 1917)
Common Name
Type Locality	Barrigona, Colombia.
Synonym(s)	Pygidium metae, Trichomycterus metae
Etymology	Greek, itys, ityos = circle + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish.
Species Information
Size	78mm or 3.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Colombia. Orinoco, Middle Orinoco, Meta (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Temperature	25.0-28.0°C or 77-82.4°F (Show species within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	In nature, it is not known whether this species feeds on flesh or blood of living animals or it lives on carrion. Opercle hooks enable it to cling to and to dig little tunnels into the flesh of larger fishes, likely the area under the gill cover. User data.
Breeding	Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 56, pp 694.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:39 (species record created: 2005 Apr 02 00:00)