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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Chaetostoma: Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Issue
No later work.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Yaracuy, Urama, and Aroa River basins in Venezuela.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 119163); max. published weight: 151.30 g (Ref. 119163)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Inhabit cobble and boulder riffles in cool, clear upland headwaters and small creeks.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Ceas, P.A. and L.M. Page, 1996. Chaetostoma yurubiense (Teleostei: Siluriformes), a new species of Loricariiid catfish from the Aroa, Urama, and Yaracuy river systems in Venezuela. Copeia 1996(3):671-677. (Ref. 13086)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01950 (0.01084 - 0.03506), b=2.98 (2.83 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (11 of 100).