Astroblepus vaillanti
Regan, 1904
dedicated M. Léon Louis Vaillant
Synonyms
Arges vaillanti
Huamani Climbing Catfish
Huamani Climbing Catfish
data deficient
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
9 - 18 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
Conductivity
20 - 210 µS/cm
High above sea level
1789 - 3300 m
Habitat river width
0.50 - 5.00 m
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
Sympatric with
Bivibranchia velox
Retroculus xinguensis
Retroculus xinguensis
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, Vol 17, P. 312)
- 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)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 112)
- Alexiades, A. & Encalada, A.C., 2017 "Distribution and Habitat Suitability of Andean Climbing Catfish in the Napo River Basin, Ecuador" (Tropical Conservation Science, Vol. 10, P. 1)
- PCF
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