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| Scientific Name | Chaetostoma machiquense Fernández-Yépez & Martín Salazar, 1953 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Rio Negro, 16 kilometers west of Machiques, Estado Zulia, Venezuela. |
| Synonym(s) | Chaetostoma machiquensis |
| Pronunciation | KATE oh STOW mah |
| Etymology | Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 66mm or 2.6" 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: Negro River basin in the Lake Maracaibo drainage, Venezuela. |
| 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 covering it with his body. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle v. 13 (no. 35), pp 238, Fig. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:02 (species record created: 2017 Jan 04 13:37) |