Astroblepus grixalvii
Humboldt, 1805
(Type species)
Synonyms
El Capitan (COL)
La Guapucha (COL)
Palace Climbing Catfish
Pez negro (COL)
South American Hillstream Catfish
La Guapucha (COL)
Palace Climbing Catfish
Pez negro (COL)
South American Hillstream Catfish
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 33 cm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
High above sea level
1200 - 2800 m
Eats plants
not known
unknown
absent
7 soft rays
12 soft rays
10 soft rays
7 soft rays
12 soft rays
10 soft rays
Sympatric with
Astroblepus sp.
Creagrutus dulima
Poecilia reticulata
Rivulus magdalenae
Creagrutus dulima
Poecilia reticulata
Rivulus magdalenae
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
- Humbold, A.von, 1805 "Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland, Deuxième partie. Observ de Zool et d'Anat comp. Paris. v. 1, pp 17-20, Plate 7."
- Briñez Vásquez, G.N.; Ortega Lara, A. & Villa Navarro, F.A., 2011 "Redescripción de astroblepus grixalvii humboldt, 1805 (siluriformes: astroblepidae) y comparación de sus poblaciones transandinas en la cuenca del rio magdalena (Colombia)" (abstract)
- 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)
- Albornoz-Garzón, J.G.; Conde-Saldaña, C.C.; López-Delgado, E.O.; García-Melo, J.E. & Villa-Navarro, F.A., 2020 "Fishes from the Río Alvarado drainage, Upper Río Magdalena Basin, Colombia" (CheckList, P. 1184)
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