Fig. 6. Lateral view, anterior to left, of caudal skeleton of (a) Trichomycterus balios, paratype, UFRGS 6831, 81.7 mm SL; (b) T. diatropoporos, paratype, UFRGS 16237, 57.8 mm SL; (c) T. poikilos, paratype, MCP 22699, 79.0 mm SL; and (d) T. brachykechenos, paratype, UFRGS 16244, 51.6 mm SL. Abbreviations: HA+HAS, complex hypurapophysis composed of hypurapophysis and secondary hypurapophysis; HS, haemal spine; HU3, hypural 3; HU4+HU5, complex plate formed by co-ossification of hypurals 4 and 5; HU3+HU4+HU5, complex plate formed by co-ossification of hypurals 3 to 5; NS, neural spine; PH+HU1+HU2, complex plate formed by co-ossification of hypurals 1 and 2 and parhypural; PU1+U1, complex centrum composed of preural centrum 1 and ural centrum 1; PU2, preural centrum; UR, uroneural. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

Published as part of Ferrer, Juliano & Malabarba, Luiz R., 2013, Taxonomic review of the genus Trichomycterus Valenciennes (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the laguna dos Patos system, Southern Brazil, pp. 217-246 in Neotropical Ichthyology 11 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252013000200001, http://zenodo.org/record/4647169