Astroblepus simonsii
Regan, 1904
dedicated Mr. P. O. Simons - collector of the type material
Synonyms
Arges simonsii
bagre
Preñadilla
bagre
Preñadilla
Length (total)
approx. 8 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Ancash, Santiago, Tarqui, Huancavelica
Ecuador, Peru
quebrada de Llanganuco ⇒ río Santa ⇒ Pacific ↓ río Apurímac → río Ene → río Tambo → río Ucayali | río Marañón ⇒ Amazonas → Atlantic NE
˜[ -9.528,-77.536 ]
High above sea level
< 3000 m
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
slightly incised / concave, pointed
short filament upper
short filament lower
slightly concave
slightly incised / concave, pointed
short filament upper
short filament lower
slightly concave
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
- 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. 317)
- 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)
- 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. 133)
- Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2015 "Astroblepus verai sp. nov - A. pradai A. curitiensis y A. onzagaensis Cuatro nuevas especies del departamento de Santander - Colombia"
- Jiménez-Prado, P.; Aguirre, W.; Laaz-Moncayo, E.; Navarrete-Amaya, R.; Nugra-Salazar, F.; Rebolledo-Monsalve, E.; Zárate-Hugo, E.; Torres-Noboa, A. & Valdiviezo-Rivera, J., 2015 "Guia de peces para aguas continentales en la vertiente occidental del Ecuador"
- 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. 9)
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for the pictures
C. Tate Regan (1904) (PD)
1, 2, 3
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