WoRMS taxon details
Trichomycteridae Bleeker, 1858
154621 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154621)
accepted
Family
- Subfamily Copionodontinae de Pinna, 1992
- Genus Copionodon de Pinna, 1992
- Genus Glaphyropoma de Pinna, 1992
- Subfamily Glanapteryginae Myers, 1944
- Subfamily Potamoglaninae Reis, Lecointre & de Pinna, 2025
- Subfamily Sarcoglanidinae Myers & Weitzman, 1966
- Subfamily Stegophilinae Günther, 1864
- Genus Acanthopoma Lütken, 1892
- Genus Apomatoceros Eigenmann, 1922
- Genus Arhinoglanis DoNascimiento, Ortega-Lara, Albornoz-Garzón, Román-Valencia & Lujan, 2026
- Genus Haemomaster Myers, 1927
- Genus Henonemus Eigenmann & Ward, 1907
- Genus Homodiaetus Eigenmann & Ward, 1907
- Genus Megalocentor de Pinna & Britski, 1991
- Genus Ochmacanthus Eigenmann, 1912
- Genus Pareiodon Kner, 1855
- Genus Pseudostegophilus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
- Genus Schultzichthys Dahl, 1960
- Genus Stegophilus Reinhardt, 1859
- Genus Gyrinurus Miranda Ribeiro, 1912 accepted as Ochmacanthus Eigenmann, 1912
- Genus Paradostegophilus Miranda Ribeiro, 1946 accepted as Parastegophilus Miranda Ribeiro, 1946 accepted as Pseudostegophilus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Parastegophilus Miranda Ribeiro, 1946 accepted as Pseudostegophilus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Trichogeninae Isbrücker, 1986
- Subfamily Trichomycterinae Bleeker, 1858
- Genus Bullockia Arratia, Chang, Menu-Marque & Rojas, 1978
- Genus Cambeva Katz, Barbosa, Mattos & Costa, 2018
- Genus Eremophilus Humboldt, 1805
- Genus Hatcheria Eigenmann, 1909
- Genus Ituglanis Costa & Bockmann, 1993
- Genus Oreiadoglanis Costa & Katz, 2025
- Genus Rhizosomichthys Miles, 1943
- Genus Scleronema Eigenmann, 1917
- Genus Silvinichthys Arratia, 1998
- Genus Trichomycterus Valenciennes, 1832
- Genus Pygidium Meyen, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Thrichomycterus Humboldt, 1805 accepted as Eremophilus Humboldt, 1805
- Subfamily Tridentinae Eigenmann, 1918
- Subfamily Vandelliinae Bleeker, 1862
- Genus Paracanthopoma Giltay, 1935
- Genus Paravandellia Miranda Ribeiro, 1912
- Genus Plectrochilus Miranda Ribeiro, 1917
- Genus Vandellia Valenciennes, 1846
- Genus Branchioica Eigenmann, 1917 accepted as Paravandellia Miranda Ribeiro, 1912 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Parabranchioica Devincenzi & Vaz-Ferreira in Devincenzi, 1939 accepted as Paravandellia Miranda Ribeiro, 1912
- Genus Pleurophysus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 accepted as Paravandellia Miranda Ribeiro, 1912
- Genus Urinophilus Eigenmann, 1918 accepted as Vandellia Valenciennes, 1846
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Trichomycteridae Bleeker, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154621 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pencil catfishesparasitic catfishes | [details] |