/siluriformes/loricariidae/chaetostoma/brevilabiatum/1.jpg "Chaetostoma brevilabiatum")
Adult. Rio La Miel, Magdalena/siluriformes/loricariidae/chaetostoma/brevilabiatum/2.jpg "Chaetostoma brevilabiatum")
Juvenile. Rio La Miel, Magdalena
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Chaetostoma brevilabiatum Dahl, 1941 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Río Volcán near junction with Río San Bartolomé, tributary of Río Magdalena, Antióquia Dept., Colombia, elevation about 600 meters. |
| Synonym(s) | Chaetostomus brevilabiatus |
| Pronunciation | KATE oh STOW mah |
| Etymology | Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 119mm or 4.7" 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. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Magdalena and Cimitarra River basins in Colombia. Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena (click on these areas to find other species found there) Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena, Cimitarra (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the 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 covering it with his body. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Förhanglingar / Klungl. Fysiografiska sällskapet i Lund = Proceedings of the Royal Physiographic Society at Lund. v. 11 (no. 8), pp 80 [1], Figs. 1-2. |
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| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:02 (species record created: 2011 Sep 24 05:52) |