Trichomycterus rivulatus
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Trichomycterus rivulatus is a species of fish
in the Trichomycteridae
family. It is endemic to the Lake Titicaca
basin.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Trichomycteridae
Trichomycteridae
Trichomycteridae is a family of catfishes commonly known as the pencil or parasitic catfishes. This family includes the infamous candiru fish, feared by some people for its alleged habit of entering into the urethra of humans....
family. It is endemic to the Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It sits 3,811 m above sea level, making it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world...
basin.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Trichomycterus rivulatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.