Chaetostoma stroumpoulos
Salcedo, 2006
stroumpoulos (gr.) - plump, because of the chubby appearance
Synonyms
unknown
endangered
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
119.9 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
High above sea level
~600 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
Sympatric with
not known
- 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. 207)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 444)
- 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. 664)
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