Chaetostoma yurubiense
Ceas & Page, 1996
according to the origin Parque Nacional Yurubí
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Standard length (documented)
51.2 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
Flow
normal
Substrate
coarse gravel
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
 
present
5 soft rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave
dark stripes/ribbons
fin edges: white 
I / 8 rays
no point at the base of the first dorsal ray
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
5 soft rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave
dark stripes/ribbons
fin edges: white 
I / 8 rays
no point at the base of the first dorsal ray
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
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. 383
- Ceas, P.A. & Page, L., 1996 "Chaetostoma yurubiense (Teleostei: Siluriformes), a New Species of Loricariid Catfish from the Aroa, Urama, and Yaracuy River Systems in Venezuela" (Copeia, Vol. 1996 No. 3, P. 671)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 231)
- 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)
- PCF
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