Synonyms
Arges homodon
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Standard length (documented)
80.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
High above sea level
~1000 m
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
Sympatric with
Trichomycterus transandianus
Argopleura magdalenae
Astroblepus sp.
Creagrutus affinis
Creagrutus dulima
Geophagus steindachneri
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia sphenops
Rivulus magdalenae
Argopleura magdalenae
Astroblepus sp.
Creagrutus affinis
Creagrutus dulima
Geophagus steindachneri
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia sphenops
Rivulus magdalenae
not known
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- 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. 309)
- Briñez, N. & Turner, L.F., 2006 "Aspectos reproductivos de Astroblepus homodon (Regan, 1914) (Pisces, Siluriformes) en la cuenca del río Coello, Tolima"
- 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., 2011 "Astroblepus cacharas (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Astroblepidae), nueva especie del río Cáchira, cuenca del río Magdalena, Colombia" (Revista Dahlia, Vol. 11, P. 31)
- Jiménez-Segura L.F.; Álvarez, J.; Ochoa, L.E.; Loaiza, A.; Londoño, J.P.; Restrepo, D.; Aguirre, K.; Hernández, A. ; Correa, J.D. & Jaramillo-Villa, U., 2014 "Guía Ilustrada Peces Cañon del río Porce, Antioquia"
- 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. 10)
- 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)
- 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)
- PCF
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