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Artistic impression of typical member of the Astroblepidae
Family Common Name South American Hillstream Catfish
Distribution Andean hillstreams, South America
Common Names Andean Catfish, Hillstream Catfish.
Size Smallest 25mm, largest 300mm, average 86mm, 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
 
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1. None 84 species (100%)
 
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1. Astroblepus 84 species (237 keepers)
 
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1. Astroblepus mancoi (33.33%)
2. Astroblepus grixalvii (33.33%)
3. Astroblepus taczanowskii (16.67%)
4. Astroblepus supramollis (16.67%)
 
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1. Astroblepus acostai (i:0, k:0)
2. Astroblepus ardiladuartei (i:0, k:0)
3. Astroblepus ardilai (i:0, k:0)
4. Astroblepus bellezaensis (i:0, k:0)
5. Astroblepus boulengeri (i:3, k:0)
6. Astroblepus brachycephalus (i:3, k:0)
7. Astroblepus cacharas (i:0, k:0)
8. Astroblepus cajamarcaensis (i:0, k:0)
9. Astroblepus caquetae (i:3, k:0)
10. Astroblepus chapmani (i:0, k:0)
11. Astroblepus chimborazoi (i:0, k:0)
12. Astroblepus chinchaoensis (i:0, k:0)
13. Astroblepus chotae (i:3, k:0)
14. Astroblepus cirratus (i:3, k:0)
15. Astroblepus curitiensis (i:0, k:0)
16. Astroblepus cyclopus (i:0, k:0)
17. Astroblepus dux (i:0, k:0)
18. Astroblepus eigenmanni (i:3, k:0)
19. Astroblepus festae (i:3, k:0)
20. Astroblepus fissidens (i:3, k:0)
21. Astroblepus floridablancaensis (i:0, k:0)
22. Astroblepus floridaensis (i:0, k:0)
23. Astroblepus formosus (i:0, k:0)
24. Astroblepus frenatus (i:0, k:0)
25. Astroblepus grixalvii (i:11, k:2)
26. Astroblepus guentheri (i:3, k:2)
27. Astroblepus heterodon (i:3, k:2)
28. Astroblepus hidalgoi (i:0, k:2)
29. Astroblepus homodon (i:3, k:2)
30. Astroblepus huallagaensis (i:0, k:2)
31. Astroblepus itae (i:0, k:2)
32. Astroblepus jimenezae (i:0, k:2)
33. Astroblepus jurubidae (i:0, k:2)
34. Astroblepus labialis (i:2, k:2)
35. Astroblepus latidens (i:0, k:2)
36. Astroblepus longiceps (i:0, k:2)
37. Astroblepus longifilis (i:1, k:2)
38. Astroblepus mancoi (i:9, k:4)
39. Astroblepus mariae (i:0, k:4)
40. Astroblepus marmoratus (i:3, k:4)
41. Astroblepus martinezi (i:0, k:4)
42. Astroblepus mendezi (i:0, k:4)
43. Astroblepus micrescens (i:0, k:4)
44. Astroblepus mindoensis (i:0, k:4)
45. Astroblepus mojicai (i:0, k:4)
46. Astroblepus moyanensis (i:0, k:4)
47. Astroblepus nettoferreirai (i:0, k:4)
48. Astroblepus nicefori (i:0, k:4)
49. Astroblepus onzagaensis (i:0, k:4)
50. Astroblepus orientalis (i:3, k:4)
51. Astroblepus ortegai (i:0, k:4)
52. Astroblepus peruanus (i:0, k:4)
53. Astroblepus phelpsi (i:0, k:4)
54. Astroblepus pholeter (i:2, k:4)
55. Astroblepus pirrense (i:0, k:4)
56. Astroblepus pradai (i:0, k:4)
57. Astroblepus praeliorum (i:1, k:4)
58. Astroblepus prenadillus (i:0, k:4)
59. Astroblepus putumayoensis (i:0, k:4)
60. Astroblepus quispei (i:0, k:4)
61. Astroblepus regani (i:0, k:4)
62. Astroblepus rengifoi (i:0, k:4)
63. Astroblepus retropinnus (i:3, k:4)
64. Astroblepus riberae (i:0, k:4)
65. Astroblepus rosei (i:0, k:4)
66. Astroblepus sabalo (i:3, k:4)
67. Astroblepus santanderensis (i:0, k:4)
68. Astroblepus simonsii (i:3, k:4)
69. Astroblepus sp. (1) (i:3, k:4)
70. Astroblepus sp. (2) (i:2, k:4)
71. Astroblepus sp. (3) (i:1, k:4)
72. Astroblepus stuebeli (i:0, k:4)
73. Astroblepus supramollis (i:0, k:5)
74. Astroblepus taczanowskii (i:3, k:6)
75. Astroblepus tamboensis (i:0, k:6)
76. Astroblepus theresiae (i:0, k:6)
77. Astroblepus trifasciatus (i:2, k:6)
78. Astroblepus ubidiai (i:0, k:6)
79. Astroblepus unifasciatus (i:0, k:6)
80. Astroblepus vaillanti (i:3, k:6)
81. Astroblepus vanceae (i:0, k:6)
82. Astroblepus ventralis (i:0, k:6)
83. Astroblepus verai (i:0, k:6)
84. Astroblepus whymperi (i:3, k:6)