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All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Astroblepus boulengeri** (Regan, 1904)
Common Name
Type Locality	Canelos, eastern Ecuador.
Synonym(s)	Arges boulengeri
Pronunciation	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.
Species Information
Size	70mm or 2.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: upper Amazon River basin. Amazon, Upper Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Data Deficient , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2014.
Husbandry Information
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.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 17 (pt 3, no. 1), pp 310.
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	2025 Jan 01 12:34 (species record created: 2011 Jan 30 14:17)