Astroblepus labialis
Pearson, 1937
labialis - very wide lips
Synonyms
Balsas Climbing Catfish
data deficient
Length (total)
approx. 90 cm
Standard length (documented)
71.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
7 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
short filament upper
7 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
short filament upper
7 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. 314
- Pearson, Nathan E., 1937 "The Fishes of the Atlantic and Pacific Slopes near Cajamarca, Peru" (Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 4 Vol. 23, P. 95)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 65)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 111)
- 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)
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