/siluriformes/loricariidae/chaetostoma/taczanowskii/1.jpg "Chaetostoma taczanowskii")
/siluriformes/loricariidae/chaetostoma/taczanowskii/2.jpg "Chaetostoma taczanowskii")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Chaetostoma taczanowskii Steindachner, 1882 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Upper rio Huambo basin, Río de la Tortora, 6°26'S, 77°18'W, upper Amazon system, Peru. |
| Pronunciation | KATE oh STOW mah |
| Etymology | Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth. The specific epithet is named for Polish zoologist Wladyslaw Taczanowski, a prominent 19th century zoologist who wrote several significant studies including Birds of Poland (1882) and Ornithology of Peru (1884-86). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 170mm or 6.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | The genus Chaetostoma is not straightforward 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. |
| General Remarks | Fishbase reports 170 mm TL. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Huallaga and Urubamba River basins in Peru. Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Huallaga (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Ucayali, Urubamba (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2014. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Furniture | Well rounded stones stacked to replicate a river bottom and provide caves. |
| Breeding | Spawns in shallow, fast flowing water on the underneath of a flat object. Male, upside down, guards an adhesive clutch of eggs by, more or less, covering it with his body. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse v. 19 (no. 19), pp 177. |
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| Last Update | 2020 Sep 20 09:43 (species record created: 2005 Oct 07 00:00) |
