Chaetostoma floridablancaensis

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Chaetostoma floridablancaensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Chaetostoma
Species:
C. floridablancaensis
Binomial name
Chaetostoma floridablancaensis

Chaetostoma floridablancaensis is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs only in Colombia.

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Length

The species reaches 10.1 cm (4 inches) SL, was described in 2013,

Etymology

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

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Chaetostoma floridablancaensis". FishBase.
  2. "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.