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Chaetostoma dorsale Eigenmann, 1922 |
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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. 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: |
L187, L443 |
Synonyms: |
Chaetostomus dorsalis |
Family: |
Loricariidae |
Distribution: |
South America: Upper Meta and upper Apuré River basins, Colombia and Venezuela. Type locality: Quebrada Cramalote, Villavicencio Meta River basin, Colombia. |
Size: |
10.0cm. (4ins) |
Temp: |
22-27°c (71-81°f.) |
p.H. |
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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. |
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