/siluriformes/astroblepidae/astroblepus/ubidiai/1.jpg "Astroblepus ubidiai")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Astroblepus ubidiai (Pellegrin, 1931) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Lake St. Paul, near Otavalo, Imbabura Province, Ecuador, elevation 2600 meters. |
| Synonym(s) | Cyclopium ubidiai |
| Pronunciation | ass tro bleh puss |
| Etymology | Astroblepus: From the Greek aster, meaning star and and blepos, meaning to look (literally, a star gazer); in reference to the dorsally placed eyes of the fish. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 110mm or 4.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Mira River basin and Pacific coastal drainages of Ecuador. Ecuador Pacific Coast Rivers, Mira (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Critically Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2014. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. Males possess an elongate urogenital papilla which functions as an intermittent organ for insemination (separate from the anal fin). Females have been found with sperm cells in their ovaries, but internal fertilisation has not been documented. The timing and mechanism of fertilisation is unknown. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 38 (no. 8), pp 114, Fig. 1. |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it. |
| Forum BBCode | |
| Search for A. ubidiai | |
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 | Look up A. ubidiai on Fishbase |
 | Look up A. ubidiai on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up A. ubidiai on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.28.199.7040 | |
| Last Update | 2017 Sep 13 10:49 (species record created: 2017 Sep 08 14:13) |
