All Fishes ⇒ Astroblepidae ⇒ The genus Astroblepus

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Pronounced ass tro bleh puss
Etymology Astroblepus: From the Greek aster, meaning star and and blepos, meaning to look (literally, a star gazer); in reference to the dorsally placed eyes of the fish.
Breeding Unreported in the aquarium. Males possess an elongate urogenital papilla which functions as an intermittent organ for insemination (separate from the anal fin). Females have been found with sperm cells in their ovaries, but internal fertilisation has not been documented. The timing and mechanism of fertilisation is unknown.
Size Smallest 25mm, largest 300mm, average 87mm, most commonly 80mm. All SL.
Species There are 84 "species" in the database
New spp. / time
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