Astroblepus pholeter
Collette, 1962
pholeter (gr.) - "one who lurks in holes"
Synonyms
Bagre
Jumandi Climbing Catfish
Nukump
Jumandi Climbing Catfish
Nukump
near threatened
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Standard length (documented)
66.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
15 - 15 °C
Locality
in a cave
Substrate
rocks
ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera) (larvae)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
small
I / 5 - 6 rays
5 + 6 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
I / 6 rays
9 (- 10) soft rays
4 soft rays
I / 5 - 6 rays
5 + 6 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
I / 6 rays
9 (- 10) soft rays
4 soft rays
not known
- Cardona, L. & Guerao, G., 1994 "Astroblepus riberae, una nueva especie de siluriforme cavernicola del Peru (Osteichthyes: Astroblepidae)" (Mémoires de Biospéologie) P. 21
- 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
- Seidel, Ingo: "Weißlinge von verschiedenen Callichthyiden und Loricariiden"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Juni / Juli 2018)
- Collette, B.B., 1962 "Astroblepus pholeter, a new species of cave-dwelling catfish from eastern Ecuador" (Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 75, P. 311)
- Romero, A. & Paulson, K.M., 2001 "It's a wonderful hypogean life: a guide to the troglomorphic fishes of the world" (Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 62, P. 29)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 66)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 112)
- Haspel, G.; Schwartz, A.; Streets, A.; Camacho, D.E. & Soares, D., 2012 "By the teeth of their skin, cavefish find their way" (Current Biology, Vol. 22 No. 16, P. 629)
- Espinasa, L.; Robinson, J.; Soares, D.; Hoese, G.; Toulkeridis, T. & Toomey, R., 2018 "Troglomorphic features of Astroblepus pholeter, a cavefish from Ecuador, and possible introgressive hybridization" (Subterranean Biology, Vol. 27, P. 17)
- Nugra, F.; Abad, D. & Zárate, E., 2018 "Guía De Peces Del Alto Nangaritza "
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