leukos = weiß und melas = schwarz, der Streifen wegen
Synonyms
Chaetostomus leucomelas
Corroncho
Magdalena Tiger Chaetostoma
Corroncho
Magdalena Tiger Chaetostoma
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 18 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
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 / 5 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 8 - 9 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 8 - 9 rays
not known
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- Eigenmann, C.H., 1917 "Eighteen new Species of Fishes from Northwestern South America" (Proceedings Of The American Philosophical Society, Vol. 56, P. 681)
- 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. 229)
- Jiménez-Segura L.F.; Álvarez, J.; Ochoa, L.E.; Loaiza, A.; Londoño, J.P.; Restrepo, D.; Aguirre, K.; Hernández, A. ; Correa, J.D. & Jaramillo-Villa, U., 2014 "Guía Ilustrada Peces Cañon del río Porce, Antioquia"
- 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. 666)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 79)
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