Astroblepus brachycephalus
Günther, 1859
Synonyms
Arges brachycephalus
Broadhead Climbing Catfish
Broadhead Climbing Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 22 cm
Standard length (documented)
200.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
slightly incised / concave, pointed
short filament upper
short filament lower
straight
slightly incised / concave, pointed
short filament upper
short filament lower
straight
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. 313
- Günther, Dr. A., 1859 "List of the Cold-Blooded Vertebrata collected by Mr. Fraser in the Andes of Western Ecuador" (Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. XXVII., P. 92)
- 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. 313)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 63)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 111)
- Jiménez-Prado, P.; Aguirre, W.; Laaz-Moncayo, E.; Navarrete-Amaya, R.; Nugra-Salazar, F.; Rebolledo-Monsalve, E.; Zárate-Hugo, E.; Torres-Noboa, A. & Valdiviezo-Rivera, J., 2015 "Guia de peces para aguas continentales en la vertiente occidental del Ecuador"
- PCF
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C. Tate Regan (1904) (PD)
1, 2, 3
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