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Chaetostoma floridablancaensis Ardila RodrÃguez, 2013 |
| Family: | Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypostominae | |||
| Max. size: | 10.06 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Colombia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: presence of a fleshy keel in the posterior end of its supra-occipital plate; it has a greater brachial width and predorsal distance, a supra-occipital with a sharp posterior end; papillary patches 1-6 in the oral cavity; pelvic fin reaching posterior part of the anal fin; interopercular odontodes 2-6; infraorbital plates are different, with the sixth IO is connected to the fifth IO; morphology of maxillary, opercular and basipterigium bones are also different (Ref. 123877 ). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||