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Pencil Catfish (Trichomycterus borellii)
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Pencil Catfish (Trichomycterus borellii) specimen
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Trichomycteridae

Pencil Catfish

Trichomycterus borellii

Catfish Reaching Eleven Centimeters

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South America
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Pencil Catfish is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 11 cm.

Maximum length
11 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
South America: Salta, Catamarca and Mendoza, Argentina. Also from Aguairenda, Bolivia.

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