Chaetostoma joropo (L 445)

Ballen, Urbano-Bonilla & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2016

Etymology

joropo refers to a collection of musical styles in the Llanos, the Orinoco-basin - because C. joropo there live

Classification

Family

Subfamily

Tribe

Group

Genus

Synonyms

Chaetostoma sp. "Río Meta"
Chaetostoma sp. "Villavicencio I"
L148 (wegen Doppelvergabe aber wieder eingezogen)

Length (total)

approx. 20 cm

Standard length (documented)

124.7 mm

Recommended tank size

120 cm

Temperature

23 - 30 °C

7.0 - 8.5

Origin

río Güejar, río Caja, río Cusiana, río Purare, río Tocoragua, río Meta basin

Region

Meta, Arauca

Countries

Colombia

River system

Río Arriari ➙ río Guaviare | río Meta ⇒ río Orinoco

GPS

˜[ 3.444,-74.122 ]

Type of water

Clear water

Substrate

rocks

Chaetostoma - overview of habitats

Water values South America

Nutrition

Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Algae, Insect larvae

Stomach / intestine examination

algae, green algae (Spirogyra), diptera (Diptera)

Chaetostoma - Overview of the natural diet

Eats plants

not known

Type of keeping

Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.

Sex difference

from genus: Male have a more angular head and the edge of their snout is more thick

To distinguish the sexes

Caves

Standard

Bred

welse.net

Fins
(Complementary with respect to the genus)

Adipose fin
Anal fin
Caudal fin

Dorsal fin
Pectoral fins
Pelvic fins

present
II / (3 -) 4 rays
(13 -) 14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
II / 8 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays

Chaetostoma - overview of fins

Others

had erroneously received L148 (double award)

Similar catfishes

Chaetostoma cf. joropo "L 402"
Chaetostoma milesi

Sympatric with

Ancistomus caenosa (LDA 20)
Ancistomus caenosa (LDA 21)
Ancistomus sp. "L 147"
Cetopsorhamdia orinoco
Chaetostoma chimu
Chaetostoma sp. aff. dorsale "L 443"
Chaetostoma formosae (L 444)
Chaetostoma sp. "L 446"
Chaetostoma sp. "Villavicencio II"
Lasiancistrus tentaculatus (L 92)
Lasiancistrus tentaculatus (L 194)
Panaqolus maccus (L 162 / LDA 22)
Rhamdia quelen
Schultzichthys bondi
Schultzichthys gracilis
Spatuloricaria terracanticum
Trichomycterus knerii
Apteronotus albifrons

Bryconamericus cismontanus
Bryconamericus cristiani
Cetopsis coecutiens
Cetopsis orinoco
Characidium cf. steindachneri
Characidium chupa
Characidium gr. boavistae
Creagrutus bolivari
Creagrutus maculosus
Creagrutus taphorni
Crenicichla saxatilis
Hemibrycon metae
Hoplomyzon sexpapilostoma
Ochmacanthus alternus
Parodon apolinari
Phenacorhamdia macarenensis
Salminus hilarii

Information for export

not known

last seen on a
german stock list

29/January/2022

Chaetostoma - on last evaluated german stock lists

Additional literature

I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 P.452 - 454
Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse" edition: 1 P.87
DATZ 11/2010 S.25

Braitmayer, Sabrina: "L-Nummern aus Kolumbien (I)"
(DATZ 11/2010 - "Wels-Presseschau")
Schäfer, Frank: "Altbekannter Gebirgsharnischwels hat endlich einen Namen"
(DATZ 6/2016 - "Wels-Presseschau")
Seidel, Ingo: "Chaetostoma joropo und Chaetostoma platyrhynchus"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember/Januar 2017)
Lucanus, Oliver: "Rio Guejar, der Fluss im Tal der Macarena"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Oktober / November 2020)