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Scientific Name	**Chaetostoma vasquezi** Lasso & Provenzano, 1998
Common Name
Type Locality	Raudales del Caño El Cambur, tributary of Rio Caura, Bolívar State, Venezuela.
Synonym(s)
Pronunciation	KATE oh STOW mah
Etymology	Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth. Lorica, Loricare = cuirass of corslet of leather (a suit of armour made of leather).
Species Information
Size	187mm or 7.4" 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. 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. 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 Orinoco, Lower Orinoco, Caroni (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco, Lower Orinoco, Caura (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco, Lower Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , a distribution map is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2017.
Other Parameters	Both the Caura and Caroní rivers are blackwater rivers, with pH 4.7-6.9 and conductivity that varies between 6.2 to 22.4 µs/cm.
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, Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales v. 57 (no. 147) (for Jan.-June 1997), pp 55, Fig.
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Last Update	Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:17 am (Species record created: Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am)