/loricariidae/acestridium/gymnogaster/1.jpg "Acestridium gymnogaster(1) Lateral view - Click to enlarge")
/loricariidae/acestridium/gymnogaster/2.jpg "Acestridium gymnogaster(2) Dorsal view - Click to enlarge")
/loricariidae/acestridium/gymnogaster/3.jpg "Acestridium gymnogaster(3) Ventral view - Click to enlarge")
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| Scientific Name | Acestridium gymnogaster Reis & Lehmann, 2009 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Rio Traira, ca. 33 km east of Rio Madeira onTrans-Amazonica road, 7°35'33''S, 62°44'45''W, Município de Humaltá, Amazonas, Brazil. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 62mm (2.4") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Acestridium was diagnosed by Schaefer (1991) based on the following characters: ten principal caudal-fin rays; plates at anterior snout margin forming conspicuous spatulate projection; head and body very slender, depressed; dorsal surface of head and trunk with longitudinal ridges; dorsal fin placed posteriorly, well beyond pelvic fin and just anterior to anal-fin origin; adipose fin absent; dermal plates anterior to first dorsal-fin proximal radial expanded, bearing ventromedial keel contacting the dorsal margin of the neural arches of the vertebrae six through twelve; and ridge of bone on the ventral surface of the lateral ethmoid contacting the metapterygoid channel reflected mesially. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Rio Madeira basin in Brazil. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes)  , Madeira (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Copeia 2009 (no. 3) |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2010 Nov 09 02:53 (species record created: 2009 Sep 10 13:54) |
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