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Scientific Name	**Trichomycterus spilosoma** (Regan, 1913)
Common Name
Type Locality	Río San Juan, Colombia.
Synonym(s)	Pygidium spilosoma
Pronunciation	trick oh mick terr uss.
Etymology	Trichomycterus: From the Greek trichos, meaning hair and mykter, meaning nose; in reference to the barbels.
Species Information
Size	250mm or 9.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Sipi and Tamana River basins, Colombia. Colombia Pacific Rivers, San Juan (Colombia), Tamaña (click on these areas to find other species found there) Colombia Pacific Rivers, San Juan (Colombia), Sipi (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	This genus takes live or frozen food is well accepted, as is commerical dry prepared foods. Be careful not to overfeed. In nature, they feed on small invertebrates living at the bottom. User data.
Breeding	Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 12 (no. 71), pp 468.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
Wishlists	Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species.
Spotters	Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:29 (species record created: 2011 Feb 05 11:50)