Trichomycterus maracaiboensis is a species of pencil catfish endemic to Venezuela, where it occurs in the San Juan river, a tributary to the Motatán river in the Lake Maracaibo basin.[1][2] This species reaches a maximum length of 4.4 centimetres (1.7 in) in the wild; in aquaria, it may grow up to 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL.[2]
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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. maracaiboensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Trichomycterus maracaiboensis (L. P. Schultz, 1944)
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References edit
- ^ a b Reis, R. & Lima, F. (2009). "Trichomycterus maracaiboensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN: e.T167752A6376962. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T167752A6376962.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Trichomycterus maracaiboensis" in FishBase. July 2014 version.