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Astroblepidae (Naked sucker-mouth catfishes)
Etymology: Astroblepus: Greek, astra = ray + Greek, blepo = to look (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce démersal. Tropical
South America: Colombia.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 93750)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Vertèbres: 22. Astroblepus acostai is distinguished by the following characters: maxillary wattle goes beyond buccal disk; pelvic fin does reach beyond the anus; pre-dorsal distance goes beyond the origin of the adipose spine; pectoral fin with a single radius and 11 more of them branched; pre-maxillary with two and a half rows of teeth, the outermost having 7-8 conic curved teeth; inferior lobule of the caudal fin is bigger that the superior lobule; 22 free vertebrae, the fifth ceratobrachial bone with 8 teeth in the anterior region (Ref. 93750).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Ardila Rodriguez, C.A., 2011. Astroblepus itae, Astroblepus acostai. Dos nuevas especies del Río Cáchira y Río Sinú, Colombia. Universidad Metropolitana, Departmento del Atlántico. Barranquilla. 16 pp. (Ref. 93750)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
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=0.00501 (0.00202 - 0.01242), b=3.12 (2.90 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).