Metadata

Trichomycterus dali

Rizzato, Costa, Trajano and Bichuette 2011

ORDERSUB-ORDERFAMILY
SiluriformesLoricarioideiTrichomycteridae

Synonyms

None.

Country

Brazil

Types

Holotype: MZUSP 106630 78.9mm SL. Paratypes: MZUSP 106631 62.4mm SL (c and s), MZUSP 106632 49.0mm SL, 106633 (1), 106634 (1), 106635 (1), 109770 (1).

Distribution

Type locailty: Saracura Cave, rio Paraguai basin, Serra da Bodoquena karst area, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. 21o9’14.6”S, 56o43’22.7”W, 792m altitude. Known also from Buraco das Abelhas cave and Morro do Jerico cave in the same area. A taxon which may be T. dali, or a closely related taxon, is known from Urubu Rei, Mina do Vejo, California, Toca da Onca, S. Valdemar, F. da Bodoquena, Mina da Sede and Bebedouro in the same area, the left bank of the Salobra River (Cordeiro, Borghezan and Trajano 2014).

Systematics

There appears to be at least 3 independant lineages subsumed under the name T. dali (Cordeiro 2014, Cordeiro et al. 2014)

Conservation Status

[NE] [VU D2:3.1:2011]

Trichomycterus dali is endemic to Brazil, and is distributed in the Serra da Bodoquena, municipality of Bonito, MS. The extent of occurrence is estimated at 600km2. It is not located in a protected area, and the whole area is located around the Parna da Serra da Bodoquena. Two major threats affect the species: the expansion of the limestone mining activity in the southern portion and the expansion of livestock in the northern portion of the species distribution. These regions represent two locations. These activities are causing pollution and lowering of the water table, in addition to the complete destruction of cave systems around the Park. For this reason, the species is classified as Vulnerable (VU) under criterion D2. It is essential to establish protective measures of the karst systems of the Serra da Bodoquena. Studies that elucidate possible differences between northern and southern populations are also needed, such as phylogenetic and molecular biology studies." [Google Translate]

Museum Holdings

As above only.

Key References

Borghezan, R. Thesis 2008 Caracterizacao da ictiocenose em poc¸oes da Gruta das Fadas e aspectos biologicos de Rhamdia sp. (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) e Ancistrus sp. (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), Serra da Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul.
Cordeiro, L.M Thesis 2008 Fauna cavernıcola da Serra da Bodoquena: revisao bibliografica e um estudo de ecologia de comunidades.
Rizzato, P.P., Costa, E.P.D., Trajano, E. and Bichuette, M.E. Journal Article 2011 Trichomycterus dali: a new highly troglomorphic catfish (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Serra da Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Central Brazil
Cordeiro, L.M., Borghezan, R. and Trajano, E. Journal Article 2013 Distribuição, riqueza e conservação dos peixes troglóbios da Serra da Bodoquena, MS (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Distribution, richness and conservation of troglobitic fishes from Serra da Bodoquena, MS (Teleostei)
Borghezan. R. Thesis 2013 Ecologia populacional e cornportamento de peixes subterraneos, Rhamdia sp. n. e Ancistrus sp. n. da area carstica da Serra da Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae, Loricariidae)
von Schimonsky, D.M. and Bichuette, M.E. Journal Article 2013 A expressão do comportamento agonístico em Ituglanis ramiroi Bichuette and Trajano 2004 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) e sua aplicação para conservação
Cordeiro, L.M., Borghezan, R. and Trajano, E. Journal Article 2014 Subterranean biodiversity in the Serra da Bodoquena karst area, Paraguay river basin, Mato Grosso do Sul, Southwestern Brazil
Cordeiro, L.M. Thesis 2014 Distribuicao, filogeografia e ecologia de bagres troglobios do genero Trichomycterus da area carstica da Serra da Bodoquena, MS (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)
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
Vilardo, P.J., Katz, A.M. and Costa, W.J.E.M. Journal Article 2023 Phylogeny and historical biogeography of neotropical catfishes Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from eastern Brazil