Acestridium gymnogaster • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

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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 (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Copeia 2009 (no. 3)
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2010 Nov 09 02:53 (species record created: 2009 Sep 10 13:54)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Acestridium gymnogaster Reis & Lehmann, 2009

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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 (click on these areas to find other species found there)