Synonyms
unknown
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Recommended tank size
80 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
 
Various Chaetostoma from Venezuela are sold as C. thomsoni.
Sympatric with
Astroblepus homodon
Cetopsorhamdia molinae
Chaetostoma milesi
Cochliodon hondae
Lasiancistrus caucanus (L 312 / LDA 71)
Pimelodella floridablancaensis
Pimelodus yuma
Rhamdia guatemalensis
Sturisomatichthys leightoni
Trichomycterus banneaui
Trichomycterus calai
Trichomycterus maldonadoi
Trichomycterus mogotensis
Trichomycterus transandianus
Andinoacara latifrons
Apteronotus eschmeyeri
Argopleura magdalenae
Cetopsorhamdia molinae
Chaetostoma milesi
Cochliodon hondae
Lasiancistrus caucanus (L 312 / LDA 71)
Pimelodella floridablancaensis
Pimelodus yuma
Rhamdia guatemalensis
Sturisomatichthys leightoni
Trichomycterus banneaui
Trichomycterus calai
Trichomycterus maldonadoi
Trichomycterus mogotensis
Trichomycterus transandianus
Andinoacara latifrons
Apteronotus eschmeyeri
Argopleura magdalenae
Astyanax sp.
Characidium phoxocephalum
Creagrutus affinis
Creagrutus dulima
Creagrutus magdalenae
Geophagus steindachneri
Gephyrocharax melanocheir
Hemibrycon sp.
Hoplias malabaricus
Kronoheros umbrifer
Microgenys minuta
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia sphenops
Rivulus magdalenae
Roeboides dayi
Sternopygus aequilabiatus
Characidium phoxocephalum
Creagrutus affinis
Creagrutus dulima
Creagrutus magdalenae
Geophagus steindachneri
Gephyrocharax melanocheir
Hemibrycon sp.
Hoplias malabaricus
Kronoheros umbrifer
Microgenys minuta
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia sphenops
Rivulus magdalenae
Roeboides dayi
Sternopygus aequilabiatus
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
28/October/2021
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 250)
- 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"
- Albornoz-Garzón, J.G.; Conde-Saldaña, C.C.; López-Delgado, E.O.; García-Melo, J.E. & Villa-Navarro, F.A., 2020 "Fishes from the Río Alvarado drainage, Upper Río Magdalena Basin, Colombia" (CheckList, P. 1184)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
C. Tate Regan (PD)
1, 2
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