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Chaetostoma anale (Fowler, 1943)

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Aquarium Care: Will need a good water flow in the aquarium with a sand substrate and plenty of hiding places. Diet: Great algae eater, but you will have to subsidise this food with algae wafers and vegetable foods such as cucumber, zucchini and lettuce. Will also except tablet and worm foods. Sexual Differences: Males have better colour, a broader head and lips and adult males possess longer ventral fins than the females. Etymology: The specific name anale: Latin for anal, referring to its enlarged anal fin, equal in length with the pectoral. Remarks: The Chaetostoma species are not the easiest to maintain as the mountain stream species will need a water current to provide oxygen-rich water.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Hypocolpterus analis

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Orteguasa River basin, upper Japurá River drainage, Colombia. Type locality: Florencia, Rio Orteguasa, Colombia.

Size:

16.0cm (6½inch)

Temp:

23-27°c (73-81°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

IUCN Red List

This species is listed as DD (Data Deficient) because there are no data on population size and trends and the threats that may be affecting its population (needs updating IUCN 2016).

Reference:

Alonso, J. C. & Mojica, J. 2016. Chaetostoma anale. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Fisch-Muller, S., 2003. Loricariidae-Ancistrinae (Armored catfishes). p. 373-400. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 04/2019 ).
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.
www. suedamerikafans.de

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Chaetostoma anale

Chaetostoma anale
Head view

Chaetostoma anale
View of mouth

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