Chaetostoma carrioni

Chaetostoma carrioni
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Ancistrinae
Genus: Chaetostoma
Species: C. carrioni
Binomial name
Chaetostoma carrioni
(Norman, 1935)
Synonyms

Lipopterichthys carrioni Norman, 1935

Chaetostoma carrioni is a species of armored catfish from South America. These fish reach 7.8 centimetres (3.1 in) SL. These fish are demersal and live in tropical, freshwater habitats. They are found in the Marañón River basin in Ecuador.[1]

References

  1. Lujan, N.K., Meza-Vargas, V., Astudillo-Clavijo, V., Barriga-Salazar, R. & López-Fernández, H. (2015): A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes. Copeia, 103 (3): 664-701.


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