Stick Catfish

Acestridium dichromum

An armored catfish of the Orinoco and Negro rivers

Tropical
Upper river
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
South America
Small
Tropical fish

Stick Catfish is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 6.3 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Acestridium
Water type: Freshwater