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Scientific Name | Astroblepus sabalo (Valenciennes, 1840) |
Common Name | South American Hillstream Catfish |
Type Locality | Río Apurimac, north of Cusco, Peru. |
Pronunciation | ass tro bleh puss - sah bah low |
Etymology | Astroblepus: From the Greek aster, meaning star and and blepos, meaning to look (literally, a star gazer); in reference to the dorsally placed eyes of the fish. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | South America: upper Ucayali River basin. Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Ucayali, Upper Ucayali (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
IUCN Red List Category | Data Deficient, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2014. |
Husbandry Information | |
Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. Males possess an elongate urogenital papilla which functions as an intermittent organ for insemination (separate from the anal fin). Females have been found with sperm cells in their ovaries, but internal fertilisation has not been documented. The timing and mechanism of fertilisation is unknown. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15, pp 335, Pl. 444-445. |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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Last Update | 2019 Oct 08 08:15 (species record created: 2005 Oct 07 00:00) |