Chaetostoma microps
Günther, 1864
Synonyms
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Standard length (documented)
78.2 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
➀ río Marañón, río Almendro, río Amundal = río Amundalo, río Aucayacu, río Bobonaza, río Cachiyacu, río Cenepa = río Canepa, río Changachangasa, río Copueno, río Derrepente, río Domono, río Huancabamba, río Huantanamo, río Monzón, río Nieva, quebrada Oro, río Pacota, río Puyo, quebrada Santa Clara, quebrada Shaapan, río Shapaja, quebrada Siasme, quebrada Soledad, río Talag, río Tena, río Tocache, río Tutanangosa, río Uchiza, ➀ río Utcubamba, río Yumbiza, río Yunganza = río Yungantza
Loreto, Morona-Santiago, Huánuco, San Martín, Amazonas (PER), Pastaza, Orellana, Napo, Tocache
Ecuador, Peru
río Llushino ➙ río Pastaza | río Huynabe | río Monzón | río Uchiza ⇒ río Huallaga | río Tutanangosa ⇒ río Upano ➙ río Namangoza ➙ río Santiago | río Chamaya | río Canepa | río Jatunyacu | río Misahuallí ⇒ río Napo ⇒ río Marañón ➙ Amazonas
˜[ -1.058,-77.926 ]
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Male have a more angular head and the edge of their snout is more thick
from genus: Standard
unknown
present
I / 2 - 3 rays
I / (8 -) 9 (- 10) rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 2 - 3 rays
I / (8 -) 9 (- 10) rays
6 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. 381
- Katzschmann, Anja & Behr, Norman: "Unterwegs in Peru – Im Hochland der Anden"
(Amazonas März / April 2021)
- Günther, Dr. Albert, 1864 "Siluridae" (Catalogue of the Physostomi in the Collection of the British Museum, P. 250)
- 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. 96)
- Ballen, Gustava A., 2011 "A new species of Chaetostoma Tschudi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Colombia with a definition of the C. anale species group" (Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Vol. 51 No. 26, P. 26)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 113)
- Lujan, N.K.; Meza-Vargas, V.; Astudillo-Clavijo, V. & ´López-Fernández, H., 2015 "A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes" (Copeia, Vol. 103 No. 3, P. 664)
- Hoese, G.; Addison, A. Toulkeridis, T. & Toomey, R., 2016 "Observation of the Catfish Chaetostoma microps Climbing in a Cave in Tena, Ecuador" (Subterranean Biology, Vol. 15, P. 29)
- Nugra, F.; Abad, D. & Zárate, E., 2018 "Guía De Peces Del Alto Nangaritza "
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