Magdalenichthys lundbergi

DoNascimiento, Villa-Navarro, Ortega-Lara, Albornoz-Garzón, Méndez-López & Conde-Saldaña, 2025

(Type species)
 
dedicated John G. Lundberg
 
Family
Heptapteridae
 
Subfamily
Heptapterinae
 
Tribe
Heptapterini
 
Genus
Magdalenichthys
Synonyms
unknown
IUCN Red List:
vulnerable
Length (total)
approx.  11 cm
Standard length (documented)
80.9 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
río Verde near Armenia, quebrada Los Ángeles, rio Bugalagrande, río Guarne, rio La Paila, río Lejos, rio Mediacanoa, río Quindio, río Risaralda, río Sucio, río Tapias, río Tareas, río El Zancudo

Quindío, Valle de Cauca, Caldas, Risaralda

Colombia

río Tapias | río Supia | río Risaralda | (río Barragan ⇒ río la Vieja) ⇒ río Cauca → río Magdalena → Caribic

[ 4.395,-75.767 ]
Map to Magdalenichthys lundbergi
High above sea level
895 - 1669 m
Habitat river width
3.00 - 25.00 m
Flow
strong
Substrate
gravel, rubble, rocks
 
Magdalenichthys - overview of habitats
Water values South America
Locusts (Orthoptera), diptera (Diptera), Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera), insects (aquatic), Trichoptera (Trichoptera), stoneflies (Plecoptera)
 
Magdalenichthys - Overview of the natural diet
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
 
 
Sympatric with
Cetopsorhamdia nasus
Chaetostoma leucomelas
Astyanax sp.
Brycon henni
Characidium chancoense
Creagrutus brevipinnis
Hemibrycon caucanus
Hemibrycon dentatus
Saccodon dariensis
not known
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16.10.2025