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Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Chaetostoma dorsale** Eigenmann, 1922
Common Names	L187, Blackfinned Rubbernose L443, Sortfinnet Gumminæse (Denmark)
Type Locality	Río Albirregas and Río Millo, near Merida, northwestern Venezuela.
Synonym(s)	Chaetostomus dorsalis
Pronunciation	KATE oh STOW mah
Etymology	Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth.
Species Information
Size	88mm or 3.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	The genus Chaetostoma is not straightforward to identify, but as a general rule, the species has spines behind the gill-cover (interopercular odontodes), no plates on the abdomen, and aside from C. platyrhynchus also lack plates on the snout edge. Different from Ancistrus by not having fleshy tentacles on the snout.
Sexing	The males have however a larger and broader head, slimmer ventral sides and disproportionately large pelvic fins. Perhaps the over-sized pelvic fins play a large role in the fertilization of the eggs. By inverting these over the clutch of eggs, they prevent the sperm cells being carried away by fast water current.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Upper Meta and upper Apuré River basins. Orinoco, Middle Orinoco, Meta, Upper Meta (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco, Middle Orinoco, Apure (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Vulnerable , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Furniture	Well rounded stones stacked to replicate a river bottom and provide caves.
Breeding	Spawns in shallow, fast flowing water on the underneath of a flat object. Male, upside down, guards an adhesive clutch of eggs by, more or less, covering it with his body.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 9 (no. 1), pp 226.
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Last Update	2022 Jan 19 09:53 (species record created: 2011 Aug 20 14:16)