Chaetostoma trimaculineum

Lujan, Meza-Vargas, Astudillo-Clavijo, Barriga-Salazar & López-Fernández, 2015
Chaetostoma trimaculineum
tri (lat.) = three, macula = point, linea = line
 
Family
Loricariidae
 
Subfamily
Hypostominae
 
Tribe
Chaetostomatini
 
Group
Chaetostoma
 
Genus
Chaetostoma
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx.  17 cm
Standard length (documented)
128.1 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
río Changachangasa, río Tutanangosa = río Tutanangoza, unnamed creek to ➀ río Marañón near El Milagro, río Nangariza = río Nangaritza, quebrada Nayumbe, quebrada Siasme

Amazonas (PER), Morona-Santiago, Zamora-Chinchipe

Ecuador, Peru

río Upano ➙ río Namangoza | río Nangariza ➙ río Zamora ⇒ río Santiago ⇒ río Marañón ➙ Amazonas

[ -2.599,-78.186 ]
Map to Chaetostoma trimaculineum
 
Chaetostoma - overview of habitats
Water values South America
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
 
Chaetostoma - Overview of the natural diet
Eats plants
not known
Type of keeping
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
 
To distinguish the sexes
Caves
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
 
 
Anal fin
Caudal fin

Dorsal fin
Pectoral fins
Pelvic fins
4 soft rays
14 soft rays
fin edges: white 
8 soft rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
 
Chaetostoma - overview of fins
Similar catfishes
Chaetostoma anale
Sympatric with
Creagrutus dulima
not known
Pic. 2: Chaetostoma trimaculineum
Pic. 3: Chaetostoma trimaculineum
Pic. 4: Chaetostoma trimaculineum
Pic. 5: Chaetostoma trimaculineum
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Nathan K. Lujan
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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