Astroblepus riberae

Astroblepus riberae
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Astroblepidae
Genus:	Astroblepus
Species:	A. riberae
Binomial name
Astroblepus riberae (Cardona & Guerao, 1994)

Astroblepus riberae is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. This cavefish is endemic to the Cajamarca region in Peru. ^{[2] [3]}

Named in honor of Carles Ribera, University of Barcelona, a specialist in cavernicolous spiders, who collected the type specimen from Ninabamba caves in Peru. ^[4]

References

1. Velasquez Quispe, M.; Hidalgo del Aguila, M.; Chocano, L. (2016). "Astroblepus riberae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T49830641A53818653. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49830641A53818653.en . Retrieved 21 September 2025.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Astroblepus riberae". FishBase . July 2014 version.
3. Romero, A. (2001). "The biology of hypogean fishes". Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. Springer Netherlands. p. 29. ISBN   978-1-4020-0076-8.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (6 February 2025). "Family ASTROBLEPIDAE Bleeker 1862 (Climbing Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 September 2025.