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Etymology: Chaetostoma: Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Michel Jégu is an ichthyologist at ORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d’Outre-Mer), presently based at the Marseille office (2017). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Issue
No later work.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Uraricoera and Tacutu River basins in the Branco River drainage, Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26719)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Differs from all other Chaetostoma by the combination of the following characters: presence of a dermal keel on the posterior tip of the supraoccipital; reduced number of invertible odontodes (2-5) in the interopercular region; and the presence of three smooth, large, digitiform papillate projections in the buccal cavity (Ref. 26719).
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 1991. Chaetostoma jegui, a new mailed catfish from Rion Uraricoera, Brazil (Osteichthyes: Loricariidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 2(3):239-246. (Ref. 26719)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01585 (0.00685 - 0.03669), b=2.97 (2.80 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (11 of 100).