| Family: |
Astroblepidae (Naked sucker-mouth catfishes) |
| Max. size: |
10.52 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
South America: Colombia. |
| Diagnosis: |
This species is distinguished by the following characters: well-developed adipose fin without a spine; maxillary barbel of small specimens reaches the operculum, surpasses this structure in large specimens; length of first pectoral-fin ray is greater than the head length, 8 branched rays associated to the third radial; first pelvic-fin ray reaching past the anal aperture; premaxillary with 2 1/2 rows of teeth, the outer row with 9-13 conic and semi-curved teeth and 1-2 bicuspid teeth; caudal fin with equal upper and lower lobes; free vertebrae 25; fifth ceratobranchial with 8 teeth on the upper portion (Ref. 128914). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 07 October 2014 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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