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Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Trichomycterinae
Etymology: Ituglanis: Greek, itys, ityos = circle + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335); amphipotamus: Name from Greek words 'amphi' meaning double, on both sides, and 'potamus' meaning river, stream; in reference to the presence of the species in two adjacent river basins; noun in apposition (Ref. 128467).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128467)
Inhabits fast-flowing medium-sized river, running over rocky and sandy bottoms at approximately 40 m above sea level.
Life cycle and mating behavior
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Mendonça, M.B., O.T. Oyakawa and W.B. Wosiacki, 2018. A new species of Ituglanis Costa & Bockmann, 1993 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Rio Ribeira de Iguape and upper Rio Tietê basins, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4504(4):473-488. (Ref. 128467)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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