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GBIF·2343165speciesAnimalia27 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyTrichomycteridae
  5. ›genusTrichomycterus
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Sandoval's Pencil Catfish

Trichomycterus sandovali Ardila Rodríguez, 2006

Also calledlaucha (spa)

First described in: Ardila-Rodríguez, C. A. (2006). Trichomycterus sandovali. Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) una nueva especie de pez cavernícola para el departamento de Santander-Colombia. <em>Peces del departamento de Santander.</em> 2, 16.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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Every page naming Trichomycterus sandovali in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2343165.