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| Scientific Name | Chaetostoma lexa (Salcedo, 2013) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Mariano Dámaso Beraun, vicinity of Tingo María, Cueva de las Pavas, Quebrada Luconyupe, 9°22'15.1"S, 75°58'32.7"W, Provincia de Leoncio Prado, Departamento de Huánuco, Peru. |
| Synonym(s) | Loraxichthys lexa |
| Pronunciation | KATE oh STOW mah - lex ah |
| Etymology | Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth. The species lexa is in recognition of Alexandra Keane, sustainability activist. At the time of the publication of the species description was a Political Sciences student at the College of Charleston, USA. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 49mm or 1.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | The genus Chaetostoma is not straightforward to identify, but as a general rule, the species has spines behind the gill-cover (interopercular odontodes), no plates on the abdomen, and aside from C. platyrhynchus also lack plates on the snout edge. Different from Ancistrus by not having fleshy tentacles on the snout. |
| Sexing | The males have however a larger and broader head, slimmer ventral sides and disproportionately large pelvic fins. Perhaps the over-sized pelvic fins play a large role in the fertilization of the eggs. By inverting these over the clutch of eggs, they prevent the sperm cells being carried away by fast water current. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Only known from clear water tributaries of the Río Huallaga near Tingo María (725–780 m), Departament of Huánuco, Peru. Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Huallaga (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Furniture | Well rounded stones stacked to replicate a river bottom and provide caves. |
| Breeding | Spawns in shallow, fast flowing water on the underneath of a flat object. Male, upside down, guards an adhesive clutch of eggs by, more or less, covering it with his body. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Zootaxa 3640 (no. 4), pp 560, Figs. 1-2, 4b, 5b. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| Last Update | 2019 Oct 26 07:55 (species record created: 2013 Apr 19 16:40) |