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Chaetostoma breve Regan, 1904

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Chaetostoma breve was described from the Zamora-Santiago river drainage in Ecuador by Regan in 1904, and redescribed by Nathan Lujan and colleagues in 2015. Description: Chaetostoma breve has highly variable head and body colouration, but is distinguished by its compact, robust head and body shape, distally curved curved cheek odontodes, and the absence of distinct spots (Lujan N.). 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. 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:

Chaetostomus brevis

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Zamora River basin in the upper Marañon River drainage, Ecuador. Type locality: Bomboiza and Zamora Rivers [Santiago River basin], Eastern Ecuador.

Size:

12.0cm. (4¾ins)

Temp:

20-22°c (67-71°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

Reference:

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. 2018. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, (11/2018).
Lujan, Nathan. Facebook post and information 2018
Seidel, I. 2008. Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes, Ettlingen, Germany 208 p.

Family: Loricariidae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails

Chaetostoma breve
Specimen from the upper Napo River in Ecuador

Chaetostoma breve
Dorsal view - Specimen from the upper Napo River in Ecuador

Chaetostoma breve
Ventral view - Specimen from the Aguarico River drainage in northern Ecuador

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