Acestridium gymnogaster • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Acestridium gymnogaster** Reis & Lehmann A., 2009
Common Name
Type Locality	Rio Traira, ca. 33 kilometers east of Rio Madeira onTrans-Amazon road, 7°35'33"S, 62°44'45"W, Município de Humaltá, Amazonas, Brazil.
Species Information
Size	62mm or 2.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Acestridium was diagnosed by Schaefer (1991) based on the following characters: ten principal caudal-fin rays; plates at anterior snout margin forming conspicuous spatulate projection; head and body very slender, depressed; dorsal surface of head and trunk with longitudinal ridges; dorsal fin placed posteriorly, well beyond pelvic fin and just anterior to anal-fin origin; adipose fin absent; dermal plates anterior to first dorsal-fin proximal radial expanded, bearing ventromedial keel contacting the dorsal margin of the neural arches of the vertebrae six through twelve; and ridge of bone on the ventral surface of the lateral ethmoid contacting the metapterygoid channel reflected mesially.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Rio Madeira basin in Brazil. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Copeia 2009 (no. 3), pp 446, Figs. 1, 5C.
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Last Update	2019 Oct 13 03:22 (species record created: 2009 Sep 10 13:54)