Chaetostoma marmorescens
Eigenmann & Allen, 1942
marmorata (lat.) - marbled
Synonyms
unknown
vulnerable
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
135.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
High above sea level
~1800 m
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
nein
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
 
3 - 4 soft rays
I / 7 - 9 rays
I / 7 - 9 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
- Eigenmann, C.H. & Allen, W.R., 1942 "Fishes of Western South America I. The Intercordilleran an Amazonian Lowlands of Peru II. The High Pampas of Peru, Bolivia, and Nothern Chile - With Revision of the Peruvian Gymnotidae, and of the Genus ORESTIAS" (The University of Kentucky, P. 193)
- Salcedo, Norma J., 2006 "New Species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Central Peru" (Copeia, No. 1, P. 63)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 229)
- 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)
- 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. 666)
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