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Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfishes) > Centromochlinae
Etymology: Tatia: Because of Mr. C. Tate Regan (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 9°N - 8°S, 72°W - 48°W
South America: Central Amazon River basin, Negro River and Casiquiare Channel.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 79512)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4 - 5; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10; Vertebrae: 29 - 30. Distinguished from all congeners by having a completely striped color pattern, bearing whitish elongate longitudinal irregular stripes along lateral sides of body. Adult male with a unique arrangement of modified anal fin, with the second unbranched anal-fin ray with anterior enlarged segments and a notch formed by the reduction of the second and third branched rays. Additional features useful to separate this species from all congeners include: pectoral-fin with four branched rays; 7 ribs; vertebrae 29-30; and upper caudal-fin lobe slightly elongated in mature males, same length in females (Ref. 79512).
Collected in an igarape of rivers, hidden in submerged trunk. Feeds mainly on juvenile and adult insects.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Soares-Porto, L.M., 1995. A new species of Tatia from the Amazon Basin (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 6(3):201-206. (Ref. 26667)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00197 - 0.01219), b=3.10 (2.89 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.40 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).