Acestridium colombiense • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Acestridium colombiense** Retzer, 2005
Common Name(s)	Whiptail Catfish
Type Locality	Colombia: Guainia State: Orinoco Basin: Río Inirida, lagoon at 1 km up river from Puerto Inirida.
Species Information
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	Orinoco River basin, Colombia Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Further Information
References	Zootaxa No. 972
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2013 Jan 06 16:57 (species record created: 2011 Sep 24 11:09)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Acestridium colombiense Retzer, 2005

Common Name(s)

Whiptail Catfish

Type Locality

Colombia: Guainia State: Orinoco Basin: Río Inirida, lagoon at 1 km up river from Puerto Inirida.

Species Information

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

Orinoco River basin, Colombia
Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)