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Loricariidae
Stick Catfish
Acestridium colombiense
A four point nine centimeter catfish first recorded in Colombia
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallStick Catfish is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Acestridium
- Maximum length
- 5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- South America: Colombia. Acestridium colombiensis is only known from Río Inirida, (Orinoco Basin), Guainia State of Colombia. This record is the first for a species of Acestridium in Colombia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
