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| Scientific Name | Chaetostoma aequinoctiale Pellegrin, 1909 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Río Pove at Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador, 0°13'S, 79°09'W, elevation 560 meters. |
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| Pronunciation | KATE oh STOW mah |
| Etymology | Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 70mm (2.8") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | The genus Chaetostoma is not straight-forward to identify, but as a general rule, the species has spines behind the gill-cover (interopercular odontodes), no plates on the abdomen, and aside from C. platyrhynchus also lack plates on the snout edge. Different from Ancistrus by not having fleshy tentacles on the snout. |
| Sexing | The males have however a larger and broader head, slimmer ventral sides and disproportionately large pelvic fins. Perhaps the over-sized pelvic fins play a large role in the fertilization of the eggs. By inverting these over the clutch of eggs, they prevent the sperm cells being carried away by fast water current. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Guayas River basin in Ecuador. Ecuador Pacific Coast Rivers, Guayas (Ecuador) (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Furniture | Well rounded stones stacked to replicate a river bottom and provide caves. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 15 (no. 8) |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2012 Jan 04 08:29 (species record created: 2006 Dec 22 18:31) |
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