Chaetostoma floridablancaensis
Appearance
Chaetostoma floridablancaensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Chaetostoma |
Species: | C. floridablancaensis
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Binomial name | |
Chaetostoma floridablancaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2013
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Chaetostoma floridablancaensis is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs only in Colombia.
Length
[edit]The species reaches 10.1 cm (4 inches) SL, was described in 2013,
Etymology
[edit]The fish was named for the municipality of Floridablanca in Colombia's Santander Department, the homeland of Carlos A. Ardila Rodríguez, the description's author.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Chaetostoma floridablancaensis". FishBase.
- ^ "Chaetostoma floridablancaensis sp. nov. : una nueva especie de choque (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) del Municipio de Floridablanca, Departamento de Santander, Colombia / Carlos A. Ardila Rodríguez". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2022-05-18.