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Chaetostoma platyrhynchus (Fowler, 1943) |
Image contributors to this species: |
Mark Henry Sabaj (1) Nathan Lujan (1) |
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Description: Snout covered with plates; light spots present on head. 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 platyrhynchus: Broad-snouted, from platýs, wide or broad, and rhýnchos, snout, referring to its “broadly rounded” snout. 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. The species that are exported usually originate from warmer waters so are a bit easier to keep than the mountain stream variety. |
Common Name: |
None |
Synonyms: |
Chaetostoma platyrhyncha, Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus, Hemiancistrus platyrhynchus, Peckoltia platyrhyncha |
Family: |
Loricariidae |
Distribution: |
South America: Río Orteguasa, Colombia. |
Size: |
7.5cm. (3ins) |
Temp: |
23-27°c (73-80°f.) |
p.H. |
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6.0-7.0. |
IUCN Red List |
This species is listed as Data Deficient because there are no data on population size and trends and the threats that may be affecting it (needs updating IUCN 2016). |
Reference: |
Ballen GA, Urbano-Bonilla
A, Maldonado-Ocampo JA. Description of a
new species of the genus Chaetostoma from the Orinoco
River drainage with comments on Chaetostoma milesi
Fowler, 1941 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) Zootaxa.
2016. |
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