Astroblepus festae
Boulenger, 1898
Synonyms
Arges festae
Gualaquiza Climbing Catfish
Gualaquiza Climbing Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
I - II / 5 - 6 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
short filament upper
short filament lower
I / 6 rays
straight
short filament
I - II / 5 - 6 rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
short filament upper
short filament lower
I / 6 rays
straight
short filament
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
- Boulenger, George AlbertBoulenger, G.A., 1898 "Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell' Ecuador e regioni vicine. Poissons de l'Équateur" (Bollettino dei musei di zoologia ed anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino, Vol. 13, P. 9)
- 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. 316)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 64)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 111)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
C. Tate Regan (1904) (PD)
1, 2, 3
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