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Chaetostoma brevilabiatum Dahl, 1942

Image contributors to this species:

Erlend D. Bertelsen (2) Fauna Tropica (2)

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Relevant Information:

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: brevilabiatum: brevis (L.), short; labiatum (L.), lipped, referring to its “rather short” snout compared with C. fischeri, C. palmeri and C. thomsoni. 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 brevilabiatus

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Magdalena and Cimitarra River basins in Colombia. Type locality: Rio Volcán near its junction to Rio San Bartolomé (tributary to Rio Magdalena on the left side, between Rios Nare and Ité) municipio of Remedios, department of Antióquia, Republic of Colombia. Altitude approximately 600 m. Magdalena system.

Size:

12.0cm (4¾inch)

Temp:

20-22°c (67-71°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

IUCN Red List

Although this species has a relatively restricted distribution, there appears to be no known major threats currently affecting its population and it is therefore listed as Least Concern (needs updating IUCN 2016).

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. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 04/2019 ).
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Chaetostoma brevilabiatum

Chaetostoma brevilabiatum
Location-Rio Magdalena

Chaetostoma brevilabiatum
Male

Chaetostoma brevilabiatum
Female

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