Trichomycterus iheringi is a species of pencil catfish endemic to Brazil in São Paulo and Paraná states, centred on Santos where it is found in the Ribeira do Iguape River basin.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Genus: | Trichomycterus |
| Species: | T. iheringi
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| Trichomycterus iheringi Eigenmann, 1917
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This is an elongate catfish up to 16.1 centimetres (6.3 in) standard length. It has no unique morphological features and can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of characters including a uniformly buff colouring with small dark spots over the whole body, pelvic fin margin distant from the urogenital opening and rounded caudal fin.
References
edit- Wosiacki, W. B. (2005). "A new species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from south Brazil and redescription of T. iheringi (Eigenmann)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1040: 49–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1040.1.5.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Trichomycterus iheringi". FishBase. February 2012 version.