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Astroblepidae

1. Astroblepus grixalvii (i:4, k:1)
2. Astroblepus mancoi (i:3, k:0)
3. Astroblepus sabalo (i:2, k:0)
4. Astroblepus sp. (1) (i:3, k:0)
5. Astroblepus sp. (2) (i:1, k:0)
6. Astroblepus sp. (3) (i:1, k:1)
7. Astroblepus sp. (4) (i:1, k:0)
8. Astroblepus sp. (5) (i:1, k:0)

The catfish family Astroblepidae

Pronounced	ass tro bleh pid ae
Family Common Name	South American Hillstream Catfish
Features	Large, powerful suckermouth and head covered in muscle. Similar to Loricariidae but without the head and body armour.
Distribution	Andean hillstreams, South America
Common Names	Andean Catfish, Hillstream Catfish.
Species	There are 8 species in 1 genus in the database
Keepers	2 species (25%) are being kept by registered keepers

5 most popular genera

1. Astroblepus (2 keepers)

There are keepers of species in the remaining genera

25 most viewed species in order of hits

1. Astroblepus grixalvii (18.28%)
2. Astroblepus sp. (1) (17.37%)
3. Astroblepus mancoi (15.27%)
4. Astroblepus sabalo (12.23%)
5. Astroblepus sp. (3) (10.2%)
6. Astroblepus sp. (2) (9.64%)
7. Astroblepus sp. (5) (8.7%)
8. Astroblepus sp. (4) (8.32%)

17476 hits counted across all this family's species pages.

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