Trichomycterus alternatus
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Ordo: Siluriformes
Familia: Trichomycteridae
Genus: Trichomycterus
Name
Trichomycterus alternatus (Eigenmann, 1911) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Distribution
Rio Doce basin, in the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Diagnosis
Trichomycterus alternatus differs from its congeners of the rio Doce and rio São Francisco basins by having seven branchiostegal rays; yellowish to light brown body color; rectangular or rounded sequential dark maculae at the midline of the body, sometimes fused and with a vermicular pattern, or forming a narrow stripe from the post-opercular region to the base of caudal fin; a row of rectangular sequential middorsal maculae, round or fused to maculae of the midlateral of the body; subtruncate caudal fin.
