PlanetCatfish.com - Acestridium scutatum (Loricariidae) Cat-eLog

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Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Acestridium scutatum** Reis & Lehmann A., 2009
Common Names	Apple Whiptail Catfish Æblegrenmalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Rio Traira, ca. 35 kilometers east of Rio Madeira on Trans-Amazon road, 7°35'33''S, 62°44'45''W, Município de Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil.
Species Information
Size	63mm or 2.5" 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	Rio Traira, Rio Madeira drainage, Amazonas, Brazil. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Traira (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Data Deficient , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Copeia 2009 (no. 3), pp 448, Figs. 3, 4A, 5B.
Registered Keepers	There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:13 (species record created: 2009 Sep 10 13:55)