Chaetostoma branickii
Steindachner, 1881
dedicated Konstanty Grzegorz Branicki
Synonyms
Carachama
vulnerable
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
High above sea level
1465 - 1585 m
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Male have a more angular head and the edge of their snout is more thick
from genus: Standard
unknown
I / 4 rays
I / 8 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 8 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 379
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1882 "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flussfische Südamerika's II" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe., Vol. 43, P. 118)
- Salcedo, Norma J., 2006 "New Species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Central Peru" (Copeia, No. 1, P. 63)
- Salcedo, Norma J., 2006 "Two new species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Huallaga River in central Peru" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 17 No. 3, P. 218)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 228)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 113)
- Lujan, N.K.; Meza-Vargas, V.; Astudillo-Clavijo, V. & ´López-Fernández, H., 2015 "A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes" (Copeia, Vol. 103 No. 3, P. 698)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Steindachner, Franz (1882) (PD)
1, 2, 3, 4
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