Acestridium colombiense
| Acestridium colombiense | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Acestridium |
| Species: | A. colombiense
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| Binomial name | |
| Acestridium colombiense Retzer, 2005
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Acestridium colombiense is a species of armored catfish endemic to Colombia. It is known only from the Inírida River, in the Guainía Department in eastern Colombia.[1]
Like all Acestridium species, this is a very slender and elongated fish. Specimens of up to 4.9 centimetres (1.9 in) SL have been recorded. It can most readily be distinguished from its congeners by its rather homogeneous brown coloration (as opposed to having striped markings) and the very low number of jaw teeth.[1]
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acestridium colombiense". FishBase. August 2014 version.
- ^ a b Retzer, Michael E. (2005). "Description of a new species of Acestridium (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Colombia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 972: 1–6. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.972.1.1.
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