AquaticRepublic.com - Ituglanis amazonicus (Trichomycteridae) All Fishes

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Scientific Name	**Ituglanis amazonicus** (Steindachner, 1882)
Common Name
Type Locality	Cudajas, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Trichomycterus amazonicus
Etymology	Greek, itys, ityos = circle + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish.
Species Information
Size	60mm or 2.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon and Suriname River basins. Amazon (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.
Other Parameters	Lives mainly in little forest creeks with notable current and a sandy-rocky substrate.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	It is not known whether it 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 its prey's flesh. User data.
Breeding	Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse v. 19 (no. 19), pp 178.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:38 (species record created: 2005 Feb 02 00:00)