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 Family Overview | |
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| Pronounced | ass tro bleh pid ae |
| Features | Large, powerful suckermouth and head covered in muscle. Similar to Loricariidae but without the head and body armour. |
| Distribution | Andean hillstreams, South America |
| Common Names | Andean Catfish, Hillstream Catfish. |
| Size | Smallest 25mm, largest 300mm, average 87mm, most commonly 80mm. All SL. |
| Species | There are 84 "species" in 1 genus in the database |
| Keepers | 4 species (4.8%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| Subfamilies in Astroblepidae (by species) | |||
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| 1. | 84 species | (100%) | |
| Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
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| 1. | Astroblepus | 84 species | (6 keepers) |
| Distribution of Astroblepidae | |
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| Most Kept Species | ||
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| 1. | Astroblepus mancoi | (33.33%) |
| 2. | Astroblepus grixalvii | (33.33%) |
| 3. | Astroblepus taczanowskii | (16.67%) |
| 4. | Astroblepus supramollis | (16.67%) |