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/loricariidae/chaetostoma/dupouii/3.jpg "Chaetostoma dupouii(3) Close-up of caudal area - Click to enlarge")
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| Scientific Name | Chaetostoma dupouii Fernández-Yépez, 1945 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Río Encantado, about 1 kilometers from junction of Río Encantado and Río Grande, Venezuela. |
| Pronunciation | KATE oh STOW mah |
| Etymology | Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 60mm (2.4") 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. Small adult size, always 8 rays in dorsal, many white spots. The attractive orange fin edging becomes white with age. |
| 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 | Venezuela: Rio Tuy / Lake Valencia drainages Tuy  (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Valencia (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 | Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle v. 5 (no. 14) |
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| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Jan 21 01:32 (species record created: 2002 Aug 12 00:00) |
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