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  • Acestridium colombiense
  • Acestridium colombiense
  • Acestridium colombiense
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Scientific NameAcestridium colombiense    Retzer, 2005
Common NamesWhiptail Catfish
Løvgrenmalle (Denmark)
Type LocalityRío Inirida, lagoon at 1 kilometer up river from Puerto Inirida, Orinoco Basin, Guainia State, Colombia.
Synonym(s)Acestridium colombiensis
EtymologyLorica, Loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather (a suit of armour made of leather).
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Size50mm or 2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
IdentificationAcestridium was diagnosed by Schaefer (1991) based on the following characters: ten principal caudal-fin rays; plates at anterior snout margin forming conspicuous spatulate projection; head and body very slender, depressed; dorsal surface of head and trunk with longitudinal ridges; dorsal fin placed posteriorly, well beyond pelvic fin and just anterior to anal-fin origin; adipose fin absent; dermal plates anterior to first dorsal-fin proximal radial expanded, bearing ventromedial keel contacting the dorsal margin of the neural arches of the vertebrae six through twelve; and ridge of bone on the ventral surface of the lateral ethmoid contacting the metapterygoid channel reflected mesially.

Acestridium was diagnosed by Schaefer (1991) based on the following characters: ten principal caudal-fin rays; plates at anterior snout margin forming conspicuous spatulate projection; head and body very slender, depressed; dorsal surface of head and trunk with longitudinal ridges; dorsal fin placed posteriorly, well beyond pelvic fin and just anterior to anal-fin origin; adipose fin absent; dermal plates anterior to first dorsal-fin proximal radial expanded, bearing ventromedial keel contacting the dorsal margin of the neural arches of the vertebrae six through twelve; and ridge of bone on the ventral surface of the lateral ethmoid contacting the metapterygoid channel reflected mesially.
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DistributionSouth America
Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
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Breeding ReportsThere is no breeding report.
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ReferenceZootaxa No. 972, pp 2, Fig. 1.
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Last UpdateSat Dec 25, 2010 10:17 am (Species record created: Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am)