Chaetostoma milesi • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Chaetostoma milesi** Fowler, 1941
Common Name(s)	Miles' Rubbernose Pleco
Type Locality	Honda, Colombia
Pronunciation	KATE oh STOW mah
Etymology	Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth
Species Information
Size	170mm (6.7") 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. This species name is sometimes used incorrectly when describing L445.
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	Mountain streams of Colombia. Magdalena and Apuré River basins: Colombia and Venezuela Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco, Middle Orinoco, Apure (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
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.
Further Information
References	Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 73.
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Chaetostoma milesi Fowler, 1941

Common Name(s)

Miles' Rubbernose Pleco

Type Locality

Honda, Colombia

Pronunciation

KATE oh STOW mah

Etymology

Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth

Species Information

Size

170mm (6.7") 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.

This species name is sometimes used incorrectly when describing L445.

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

Mountain streams of Colombia.
Magdalena and Apuré River basins: Colombia and Venezuela
Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Orinoco, Middle Orinoco, Apure (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

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.

Further Information

References

Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 73.

Registered Keepers

None.

Breeding Reports

None.