Synonyms
Arges sabalo
South American Hillstream Catfish
South American Hillstream Catfish
data deficient
Length (total)
approx. 32 cm
Recommended tank size
180 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
I / 6 rays
13 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
9 - 12 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 6 rays
13 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
9 - 12 soft rays
5 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. 315
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des poissons, Vol. 15, P. 335)
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1883 "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Flussfische Südamerika's. IV" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe., Vol. 46, P. 17)
- 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. 315)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 67)
- Spadella, M.A.; Oliveira, C.; Ortega, H.; Quagio-Grassiotto, I. & Burns, J.R., 2012 "Male and female reproductive morphology in the inseminating genus Astroblepus (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Astroblepidae)" (Zoologischer Anzeiger, Vol. 251 No. 1, P. 2)
- 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)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Steindachner, Franz (1883) (PD)
1, 2, 3, 4
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