/siluriformes/loricariidae/acestridium/colombiense/1.jpg "Acestridium colombiense")
/siluriformes/loricariidae/acestridium/colombiense/2.jpg "Acestridium colombiense")
/siluriformes/loricariidae/acestridium/colombiense/3.jpg "Acestridium colombiense")
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| Scientific Name | Acestridium colombiense Retzer, 2005 |
| Common Names | Whiptail Catfish Løvgrenmalle (Denmark) |
| Type Locality | Río Inirida, lagoon at 1 kilometer up river from Puerto Inirida, Orinoco Basin, Guainia State, Colombia. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 50mm or 2" 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: Colombia. Acestridium colombiensis is only known from Río Inirida, (Orinoco Basin), Guainia State of Colombia. This record is the first for a species of Acestridium in Colombia. Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Zootaxa No. 972, pp 2, Fig. 1. |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 3 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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| Last Update | 2023 Aug 10 04:07 (species record created: 2011 Sep 24 11:09) |
