Family Overview | |
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Pronounced | ass tro bleh pid ae |
Family Common Name | South American Hillstream Catfish |
Features | Large, powerful suckermouth and head covered in muscle. Similar to Loricariidae but without the head and body armour. |
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 | 74 species (88%) are being kept by registered keepers |
Distribution | Andean hillstreams, South America Login to view the map. |
Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
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1. | Astroblepus | 84 species | (80 keepers) |
Most Kept Species | ||
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1. | (3.75%) | |
2. | (3.75%) | |
3. | (2.5%) | |
4. | Astroblepus supramollis | (2.5%) |
5. | (1.25%) | |
6. | Astroblepus ventralis | (1.25%) |
7. | Astroblepus vanceae | (1.25%) |
8. | (1.25%) | |
9. | (1.25%) | |
10. | (1.25%) | |
11. | (1.25%) | |
12. | Astroblepus theresiae | (1.25%) |
13. | Astroblepus tamboensis | (1.25%) |
14. | Astroblepus stuebeli | (1.25%) |
15. | (1.25%) | |
16. | (1.25%) | |
17. | (1.25%) | |
18. | (1.25%) | |
19. | Astroblepus santanderensis | (1.25%) |
20. | (1.25%) | |
21. | Astroblepus rosei | (1.25%) |
22. | Astroblepus riberae | (1.25%) |
23. | (1.25%) | |
24. | Astroblepus rengifoi | (1.25%) |
25. | Astroblepus regani | (1.25%) |
Alphabetic Species List (Chronological | Most Kept | Most Bred) | ||
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1. | Astroblepus acostai | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
2. | Astroblepus ardiladuartei | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
3. | Astroblepus ardilai | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
4. | Astroblepus bellezaensis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
5. | (i:3, k:0, b:0) | |
6. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
7. | (i:3, k:0, b:0) | |
8. | Astroblepus cajamarcaensis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
9. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
10. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
11. | Astroblepus chimborazoi | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
12. | Astroblepus chinchaoensis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
13. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
14. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
15. | Astroblepus curitiensis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
16. | (i:2, k:1, b:0) | |
17. | Astroblepus dux | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
18. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
19. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
20. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
21. | Astroblepus floridablancaensis | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
22. | Astroblepus floridaensis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
23. | Astroblepus formosus | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
24. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
25. | (i:11, k:3, b:0) | |
26. | (i:4, k:1, b:0) | |
27. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
28. | Astroblepus hidalgoi | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
29. | (i:4, k:1, b:0) | |
30. | Astroblepus huallagaensis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
31. | Astroblepus itae | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
32. | Astroblepus jimenezae | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
33. | Astroblepus jurubidae | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
34. | (i:2, k:1, b:0) | |
35. | Astroblepus latidens | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
36. | Astroblepus longiceps | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
37. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
38. | (i:13, k:3, b:0) | |
39. | Astroblepus mariae | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
40. | (i:3, k:0, b:0) | |
41. | Astroblepus martinezi | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
42. | Astroblepus mendezi | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
43. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
44. | (i:2, k:1, b:0) | |
45. | Astroblepus mojicai | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
46. | Astroblepus moyanensis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
47. | Astroblepus nettoferreirai | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
48. | Astroblepus nicefori | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
49. | Astroblepus onzagaensis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
50. | (i:3, k:0, b:0) | |
51. | Astroblepus ortegai | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
52. | Astroblepus peruanus | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
53. | Astroblepus phelpsi | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
54. | (i:2, k:1, b:0) | |
55. | Astroblepus pirrensis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
56. | Astroblepus pradai | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
57. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
58. | Astroblepus prenadillus | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
59. | Astroblepus putumayoensis | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
60. | Astroblepus quispei | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
61. | Astroblepus regani | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
62. | Astroblepus rengifoi | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
63. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
64. | Astroblepus riberae | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
65. | Astroblepus rosei | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
66. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
67. | Astroblepus santanderensis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
68. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
69. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
70. | (i:2, k:1, b:0) | |
71. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
72. | Astroblepus stuebeli | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
73. | Astroblepus supramollis | (i:0, k:2, b:0) |
74. | (i:3, k:2, b:0) | |
75. | Astroblepus tamboensis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
76. | Astroblepus theresiae | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
77. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
78. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
79. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
80. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
81. | Astroblepus vanceae | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
82. | Astroblepus ventralis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
83. | Astroblepus verai | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
84. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) |