Acestridium colombiense Retzer, 2005

Family:  Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypoptopomatinae
Max. size:  4.95 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Colombia. Acestridium colombiensis is only known from Río Inirida, (Orinoco Basin), Guainia State of Colombia. This record is the first for a species of Acestridium in Colombia.
Diagnosis:  Distinguished from its congeners by a unique combination of characters: two unpaired median pre-dorsal plates, body width 10.0-13.0% of post-dorsal fin length, inter-orbital distance between 10.6-13.0% of post-dorsal fin length, inter-orbital distance between 25.0-29.0% of eye-to-dorsal fin length; low number of jaw teeth (12-15 teeth in upper left jaw, 9-13 in lower left jaw), and pre-dorsal fin body pigmentation not formed into distinct lines between longitudinal rows of odontodes (Ref. 54475).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 05 December 2020 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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