/siluriformes/loricariidae/chaetostoma/loborhynchos/1.jpg "Chaetostoma loborhynchos")
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| Scientific Name | Chaetostoma loborhynchos Tschudi, 1846 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Río Tullunayo in Vitoc Mountain, eastern Andes, Peru. |
| Pronunciation | KATE oh STOW mah |
| Etymology | Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 137mm or 5.4" 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 | South America: Tambo River basin in the Ucayali River drainage, Peru. Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Ucayali, Tambo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2014. |
| 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 covering it with his body. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana, pp 26, Pl. 4. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:02 (species record created: 2015 Sep 13 21:10) |