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Tatia simplex Mees, 1974

Image contributors to this species:

Souza, J.S., Sarmento-Soares, L.M., Canto, A.L.C. & Ribeiro, F.R.V. (1)

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In the rio Tocantins drainage, Tatia is represented by two species, namely: T. intermedia (Steindachner, 1877) and T. simplex Mees, 1974 (Ferraris, 2007; SarmentoSoares, Martins-Pinheiro, 2008). Tatia simplex is poorly understood taxonomically. Its description was based on a single juvenile specimen (28.5 mm SL) collected in 1968 at rio das Mortes, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Since its original description by Mees (1974) the species was kept under the name Centromochlus simplex in taxonomic lists and catalogues, with geographic distribution reported only to the type locality (e.g., Ferraris, 2003, 2007). No additional material of the species was identified for thirty years, until the generic revision of Tatia by Sarmento-Soares, Martins-Pinheiro (2008). Although kept as incertae sedis in Centromochlinae (Sarmento-Soares, Martins-Pinheiro, 2008: Tab. 1), Tatia simplex appears as a valid Tatia species in recent contribution (Calegari et al., 2019). Aquarium Care: This small driftwood cat would probably be best kept in the same conditions as other Tatia species and would need a planted tank with the lighting not too bright. Diet: Feeding of frozen bloodworm which they will come out of hiding to feed on, catfish tablets, daphnia, white worm (sparingly) and any other small worm-like foods. Etymology: The specific epithet simplex, single, a “well-differentiated species so that, although only a single specimen was available, [Mees] felt no hesitation in describing it as new”.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Centromochlus simplex

Family:

Auchenipteridae

Distribution:

South America: Das Mortes River, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Type Locality: Xaventina house beach, Rio das Mortes, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Size:

5.0cm. (2ins)

Temp:

22-25°c (71-77°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2003. Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfishes). p. 470-482. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Souza SJ, Sarmento-Soares LM, Canto ALC, Ribeiro FRV. Description of a new species of Tatia from rio Tocantins drainage, central Brazil, with notes on Tatia simplex Mees, 1974 (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae).
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Tatia simplex
Rio Tocantins on Jatobal falls, Brazil

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