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Trichomycterus alternatus is a species of pencil catfish endemic to Brazil, where it occurs in coastal river basins in Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo. This species reaches a maximum length of 8.1 centimetres (3.2 in).[1]

Trichomycterus alternatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Trichomycteridae
Genus:	Trichomycterus
Species:	T. alternatus
Binomial name
Trichomycterus alternatus (Eigenmann, 1917)
Synonyms
Pygidium alternatum Eigenmann, 1917 Trichomycterus alternatum (Eigenmann, 1917) Pygidium florense Miranda Ribeiro, 1943 Trichomycterus florense (Miranda Ribeiro, 1943) Trichomycterus florensis (Miranda Ribeiro, 1943) Pygidium travassosi Miranda Ribeiro, 1949 Trichomycterus travassosi (Miranda Ribeiro, 1949)

References

External links

• Data related to Trichomycterus alternatus at Wikispecies
• "Trichomycterus alternatus (Eigenmann, 1917)". Cat-eLog Data Sheets. PlanetCatfish.

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