Farlowella mitoupibo

Farlowella mitoupibo Ballen, Urbano-Bonilla & Zamudio, 2016

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Loricariinae
Etymology: Farlowella: Because of W. G. Farlow, from Harvard University (Ref. 45335); mitoupibo: 'mitoupibo', i.e., derived from the noun ‘mito-upibo’, the name applied by the Guahibo people to fishes of the genus <>Farlowella. Noun in apposition (Ref. 128477).
Eponymy: Dr William Gilson Farlow (1844–1919) was an American physician and botanist who specialised in algae. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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South America: Colombia.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128477)

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It has a disjunct midabdominal plate series, at the front part of the body it has four lateral plate series, a long snout and hexagonal anterior median lateral plates.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in a clear water stream with slow to moderate current over a sandy substrate with round stones, gravel and leaf litter. The largest specimen was a male measuring 20.96 cm in standard length (Ref. 128477).

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Ballen, G.A., A. Urbano-Bonilla and J.E. Zamudio, 2016. Farlowella mitoupibo, a new species of stick catfish from the upper Guaviare River, Orinoco basin, Colombia (Teleostei: Loricariidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 27(4):325-332.. (Ref. 128477)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 01 December 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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