Trichomycterus chaberti
Durand 1968
| ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
|---|---|---|
| Siluriformes | Loricarioidei | Trichomycteridae |
Synonyms
None.
Country
BoliviaTypes
Holotype: MNHN 1968-217 70.5mm TL. Paratypes: MHNG 1513.19-22 (ex-LSM) 29 specimens 39.0mm ‑ 129.5mm TL.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality: Grotte de Umayalanta, 8 km NW of the village of Torotoro, Department of Potosi, Province of Charcas, Bolivia (c.19oS, 66oW).
This cave is in the biogeographic unit Amazon and drainage basin Mamoré of Schaefer (2011:268-273).
Habitat
The Grotte de Umayalanta is a vadose cave situated at a height of 2850m. In the November to March wet season the stream in the cave can rise to 20 m3s-1 and much detritus and animals are carried into the cave.
Systematics
No details are provided by Durand (1968).
Conservation Status
TLO [LC:3.1:2016]
(Carvajal, F., Maldonado, M., Sarmiento, J. & Van Damme, P. 2016. Trichomycterus chaberti. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T22125A58720640.en. Downloaded on 10 July 2017). DD (IUCN, 1996, 2000). After a visit to the type locality in 1986 Guyot and Clavel (1987) reported that: “Dans tous les cours d’eau souterrains, nous avons pu observer de tres nombreux poissons depigementes, deja signales en 1966 par J. Chabert.”
Museum Holdings
As above only.
Key References
- Durand, J.P. (1968)
- Guyot, J. L. and Clavel, C. (1987)
- Marcantono, O., Apoteker, A. and Guyot, J. L. (1989)
- Miranda, G. and Pouilly, M. (2001)
- Pouilly, M. and Miranda, G. (2003)
- Miranda, G., Renno, J.F., Pouilly, M., Gazel, C. and Berrebi, P. (2004)
- Renno, J.F., Gazel, C., Miranda, G., Pouilly, M. and Berrebi, P. (2007)
- Richard, E. and M. Florents M. (2007)
- Schaefer, S (2011)
- Sarmiento, J., Bigorne, R., Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M., Maldonado, M., Leciak, E. and Oberdorff, T. (2014)
- Richard, E. (2017)
- Colihueque, N., Corrales, O, and Yáñez, M. (2017)
- Flórez, J.S., Cadena, C.D., DoNascimiento, C. and Torres, M. (2020)
- Flórez, J.S., Cadena, C.D., Donascimiento, C. and Torres, M. (2021)
| Durand, J.P. | Journal Article | 1968 | Etude des poissons recoltes dans la Grotte de Umayalanta (Bolivie), Trichomycterus chaberti sp. n |
| Guyot, J. L. and Clavel, C. | Journal Article | 1987 | Bolivie |
| Marcantono, O., Apoteker, A. and Guyot, J. L. | Journal Article | 1989 | Las ultimas exploraciones espeleologicas en Bolivia. El potencial turistico de la region de Toro Toro |
| Miranda, G. and Pouilly, M. | Book Section | 2001 | Biological and ecological adaptations in fishes of genus Trichomycterus to the cave environment in National park Torotoro (Potosi, Bolivia) |
| Pouilly, M. and Miranda, G. | Journal Article | 2003 | Morphology and reproduction of the cavefish Trichomycterus chaberti and the related epigean Trichomycterus cf. barbouri |
| Miranda, G., Renno, J.F., Pouilly, M., Gazel, C. and Berrebi, P. | Journal Article | 2004 | Genetic structure of cavernicolous and non-cavernicolous Trichomycterus spp. (Pisces, Siluriformes), in Torotoro, Upper Amazon, Bolivia |
| Renno, J.F., Gazel, C., Miranda, G., Pouilly, M. and Berrebi, P. | Journal Article | 2007 | Delimiting species by reproductive isolation: the genetic structure of epigean and hypogean Trichomycterus spp. (Teleostei, Siluriformes) in the restricted area of Torotoro (Upper Amazon, Bolivia) |
| Richard, E. and M. Florents M. | Journal Article | 2007 | Nuevos datos y descubrimientos sobre la historia natural del bagre de Umajalanta (Trichomycterus chaberti?) de la III Misión Científica de la Fundación emegece a Torotoro (Potosí, Bolivia) |
| Schaefer, S | Book Section | 2011 | The Andes. Riding the tectonic uplift |
| Sarmiento, J., Bigorne, R., Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M., Maldonado, M., Leciak, E. and Oberdorff, T. | Book | 2014 | Peces de Bolivia Bolivian fishes |
| Richard, E. | Journal Article | 2017 | Sobre el estado actual los bagres (Trichomycterus chaberti, Actinopterygii, Siluriformes) en tres cuerpos de agua de la caverna de Umajalanta (Geoparque Andino Torotoro, Potosi, Bolivia) y potenciales amenazas |
| Colihueque, N., Corrales, O, and Yáñez, M. | Journal Article | 2017 | Morphological analysis of Trichomycterus areolatus Valenciennes, 1846 from southern Chilean rivers using a truss-based system (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) |
| Flórez, J.S., Cadena, C.D., DoNascimiento, C. and Torres, M. | Journal Article | 2020 | Repeated colonization of caves leads to phenotypic convergence in catfishes (Siluriformes: Trichomycterus) at a small geographical scale |
| Flórez, J.S., Cadena, C.D., Donascimiento, C. and Torres, M. | Journal Article | 2021 | Repeated colonization of caves leads to phenotypic convergence in catfishes (Siluriformes: Trichomycterus) at a small geographical scale |