dedicated Cácharas (indigenous group of the tribe of Chitareros)
Synonyms
cabezón
Cachira Climbing Catfish
jabonero
rampachos
Cachira Climbing Catfish
jabonero
rampachos
data deficient
Length (total)
approx. 8 cm
Standard length (documented)
59.2 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
High above sea level
~2025 m
Type of water
Clear water
Substrate
sand, rocks
On the riverbank
forest
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
I / 6 rays
11 soft rays
straight
top and bottom approximately the same length
I / 6 rays
10 soft rays
short filament 
4 soft rays
11 soft rays
straight
top and bottom approximately the same length
I / 6 rays
10 soft rays
short filament 
4 soft rays
Sympatric with
not known
- Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2011 "Astroblepus cacharas (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Astroblepidae), nueva especie del río Cáchira, cuenca del río Magdalena, Colombia" (Revista Dahlia, Vol. 11, P. 25)
- Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2015 "Cinco nuevas especies de peces astroböépidos para los andes colombianos" (abstract) (Revista de la Asociación Colombiana de Ciencias Biológicas, No. 27, P. 132)
- Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2015 "Astroblepus verai sp. nov - A. pradai A. curitiensis y A. onzagaensis Cuatro nuevas especies del departamento de Santander - Colombia"
- Niemiller, M.L.; Zigler, K.S.; Hart, P.B.; Kuhajda, P.R.; Armbruster, J.W.; Ayala, B.N. & Engel, A.S., 2016 "First definitive record of a stygobiotic fish (Percopsiformes, Amblyopsidae, Typhlichthys) from the Appalachians karst region in the eastern United States" (Subterranean Biology, Vol. 20 No. 1, P. 8)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 74)
- Ochoa, L.E.; Melo, B.F.; García-Melo, J.E.; Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A.; Souza, C.S.; Albornoz-Garzón, J.G.; Conde-Saldaña, C.C.; Villa-Navarro, F.; Ortega-Lara, A. & Oliveira, C., 2020 "Species delimitation reveals an underestimated diversity of Andean catfishes of the family Astroblepidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 18 No. 4, P. 1)
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