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Chaetostoma venezuelae (Schultz, 1944)

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Aquarium Care: Will need a good water flow in the aquarium with a sand substrate and plenty of hiding places. The Chaetostoma species are not the easiest to maintain as the mountain stream species will need a water current to provide oxygen-rich water. 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 venezuelae: From Venezuela.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Corymbophanes venezuelae

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: San Juan River basin in Venezuela. Type locality: Río Caripe, Caripito, Venezuela.

Size:

7.5cm. (3ins)

Temp:

23-27°c (73-80°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

There are no studies on the bio-ecology or population dynamics of this species. There are also information gaps on the true range of distribution. Therefore Chaetostoma venezuelae is assessed as Data Deficient until additional information becomes available (IUCN 2023).

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. 2017. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, (07/2017 ).
Perez, A. 2023. Chaetostoma venezuelae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.

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Chaetostoma venezuelae

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