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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Chaetostoma: Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Regan.
Issue
Morphometric data in Schultz (1944: 295), diagnostic characters in a key in Fernandez-Yepes (1945: 29), and in Ceas & Page (1996: 674).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ekologi
; sötvatten bottenlevande. Tropical
South America: Lake Maracaibo basin, upper Chama, Capazon and Escalante River basins in Venezuela.
Size / Vikt / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 36713)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver
Fisch-Muller, S., 2003. Loricariidae-Ancistrinae (Armored catfishes). p. 373-400. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36713)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Verktyg
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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=0.01230 (0.00531 - 0.02848), b=2.97 (2.76 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resiliens (Ref.
120179): Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).