Astroblepus chimborazoi
Fowler, 1915
according to the origin Chimborazo
Synonyms
Chimborazo Climbing Catfish
Cyclopium chimborazoi
Cyclopium chimborazoi
Length (total)
approx. 3 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
I / 6 rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 5 rays
10 soft rays
8 soft rays
I / 6 rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 5 rays
10 soft rays
8 soft rays
only known from holotype
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
- Fowler, Henry W., 1915 "Notes on nematognathus fishes" (Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 67, P. 241)
- 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"
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Henry Fowler, 1915 (PD)
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