Metadata

Ituglanis ramiroi

Bichuette and Trajano 2004

ORDERSUB-ORDERFAMILY
SiluriformesLoricarioideiTrichomycteridae

Synonyms

None.

Country

Brazil

Types

Holotype: MZUSP 79865 27.1mm SL.

Paratypes: MZUSP 79866 30.2mm - 30.9mm SL, MZUSP 79867 25.4mm - 31.3mm SL, MZUSP 79868 29.3mm SL.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality: São Bernardo Cave, Terra Ronca State Park, São Domingos, Goiás, Brazil (13o49'S 46o21'W).

Habitat

A small pool above main river level fed only by percolation water.

Systematics

A multigene analysis of many Trichomycterus and Ituglanis species by Katz et al. (2018) suggested that I. ramiroi is sister to I. goya and both are sister to a group of three species I. amazonicus, I. eichomiarum and I. parkoi. See also Ochoa et al. (2017).

Conservation Status

TLO [NE] [VU D2:3.1:2011]

“Ituglanis ramiroi is known from a single cave, São Bernardo Lapa, part of the São Bernardo-Palmeiras System, Paranã River basin, Alto Tocantins, municipality of São Domingos, Goiás. It occurs in puddles formed by infiltration water in the rock and Extent of occurrence was estimated at 3.5km2. The cave is located in the State Park of Terra Ronca, but the source of the river that crosses the cave is outside protected area and livestock occupation, which may represent a threat by the silting of the river. Therefore, Ituglanis ramiroi was categorized as Vulnerable (VU) by criterion D2. Recovery of riparian forests and degraded areas around the cave is necessary. [Google Translate].

Museum Holdings

As above plus: LBPI15293 (Fernandez et al. 2021)

Internet Resources

Genbank COI (Fernandez et al. 2021)

Genbank MYH6 (Fernandez et al. 2021)

Genbank RAG2 (Fernandez et al. 2021)

Genbank 16S (Fernandez et al. 2021)

Key References

Bichuette, M.E., Garz, M.A. and Moller, D. Journal Article 2001 Preliminary studies on cave-dwelling catfishes, Ituglanis sp., from Goias, Brazil
Fernandez, L. and Bichuette, M.E. Journal Article 2002 A new cave dwelling species of Ituglanis from the Sao Domingos karst, central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)
Bichuette, M.E. Journal Article 2002 Behaviour of subterranean catfishes, genus Ituglanis, from central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)
Bichuette, M.E. Thesis 2003 Distribuicao, biologia, ecologia populacional e comportamento de peixes subterraneos, generos Ituglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) e Eigenmannia (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) da area carstica de Sao Domingos, nordeste de Goias
Bichuette, M.E. Journal Article 2004 Population ecology of troglobitic catfishes, genus Ituglanis, from central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)
Bichuette, M.E. and Trajano, E. Journal Article 2004 Three new subterranean species of Ituglanis from central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)
Bichuette, M.E. and Trajano, E. Journal Article 2008 Ituglanis mambai, a new subterranean catfish from a karst area of Central Brazil, rio Tocantins basin (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)
Simões, L.B., dos Santos Ferreira, T.C. and Bichuette, M.E. Journal Article 2013 Aquatic biota of different karst habitats in epigean and subterranean systems of Central Brazil – visibility versus relevance of taxa
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
Monteiro Neto, D. 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
Rizzato, P.P. and Bichuette, M.E. Journal Article 2014 Ituglanis boticario, a new troglomorphic catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Mambai karst area, central Brazil
Datovo, A., Aquino P. de P.U. and Langeani, F. Journal Article 2016 A new species of Ituglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Tocantins and Paranaíba river basins, central Brazil, with remarks on the systematics of the genus
Ochoa, L.E., Roxo, F.F., DoNascimiento, C., Sabaj, M.H., Datovo, A., Alfaro, M. and Oliveira, C. Journal Article 2017 Multilocus analysis of the catfish family Trichomycteridae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) supporting a monophyletic Trichomycterinae
Rizzato, P.P. and Bichuette, M.E. Journal Article 2017 The laterosensory canal system in epigean and subterranean Ituglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), with comments about troglomorphism and the phylogeny of the genus
Katz, A.M., Barbosa, M.A., de Oliveira Mattos, J.L. and Moreira da Costa, W.J.E.M. Journal Article 2018 Multigene analysis of the catfish genus Trichomycterus and description of a new South American trichomycterine genus (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae)
Bichuette, M.E., Simões, L.B., Zepon, T., von Schimonsky, D.M. and Gallão, J.E. Journal Article 2019 Richness and taxonomic distinctness of cave invertebrates from the northeastern state of Goiás, central Brazil: a vulnerable and singular area
Fernandes, C.S., Batalha, M.A., Bichuette, M.E. Journal Article 2019 Dark diversity in the dark: a new approach to subterranean conservation
Fernandez, L., Arroyave, J. and Schaefer, S.A. Journal Article 2021 Emerging patterns in phylogenetic studies of trichomycterid catfishes (Teleostei, Siluriformes) and the contribution of Andean diversity
Bichuette, M.E. and Trajano, E. Journal Article 2021 Monitoring Brazilian cavefish: Ecology and conservation of four threatened catfish of genus Ituglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from central Brazil
Rizzato, P.P. and Bichuette, M.E. Journal Article 2024 Gross morphology of the brain and some sense organs of subterranean pencil catfishes of the genus Ituglanis Costa and Bockmann, 1993 (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), with a discussion on sensory compensation versus preadaptation in subterranean fishes