Astroblepus formosus
Fowler, 1945
formosus - handsome
Synonyms
bagre de torrente
critical endangered
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Standard length (documented)
44.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
High above sea level
~2900 m
Eats plants
not known
unknown
I / 4 rays
11 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 4 rays
4 soft rays
11 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 4 rays
4 soft rays
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, H.W., 1945 "Descriptions of seven new fresh-water fishes from Peru" (Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia), No. 159)
- 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)
- Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2014 "Astroblepus tamboensis sp. nov. - A. chinchaoensis sp. nov. y A. moyanensis sp. nov. tres nuevas especies de los Andes del Perú." (Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla, i-ii, P. 3)
- The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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