Astroblepus
Genus of fishes
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Astroblepus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Astroblepidae, the climbing catfishes or naked sucker-mouth catfishes. This genus is the only genus in its family.[2] These catfishes are primarily found in torrential streams in the Andean area.[3] Astroblepus pholeter and A. riberae are troglobites adapted to living in subterranean water systems.[4] These species are typically small, less than 10 cm (4 in).[3] The largest species reaches 30 cm (1 ft).[3] These fish have suckermouths like those of loricariids. They have two pairs of barbels, maxillary and nasal. The dorsal fin spine lacks a locking mechanism.[5] These fish also have odontodes, tiny teeth on their skin. All species exhibit a conical, pointy type on their fin rays like that found in other loricarioids; other species also exhibit a blunt type that is only found on their skin.[5]
| Astroblepus | |
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| Astroblepus sabalo | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Suborder: | Loricarioidei |
| Family: | Astroblepidae Bleeker, 1862[1] |
| Genus: | Astroblepus Humboldt, 1805[2] |
| Type species | |
| Astroblepus grixalvii Humboldt, 1805[2] | |
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Some of these fish are able to live in high altitude and climb the faces of waterfalls.[5] Their climbing ability comes from specially developed pelvic fins, as well as their suckermouths.[5] In their Neotropical Andean habitat, dry and wet seasons are quite extreme, and odontodes may help in sensing food, mates and water flow, as well as help cling to surfaces.[5] They feed upon invertebrates, such as caterpillars and annelids.[5]
The Astroblepidae were usually placed within Siluriformes as the sister family of Loricariidae,[6][7] but a recent study found them to be more closely related to the family Scoloplacidae.[8][9]
Species
Astroblepus contains the following valid species:[10]
- Astroblepus acostai Ardila Rodríguez, 2011[11]
- Astroblepus ardiladuartei Ardila Rodríguez, 2015[12]
- Astroblepus ardilai Ardila Rodríguez, 2012[13]
- Astroblepus bellezaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2015[12]
- Astroblepus boulengeri (Regan, 1904)
- Astroblepus brachycephalus (Günther, 1859)
- Astroblepus cacharas Ardila Rodríguez, 2011[14]
- Astroblepus cajamarcaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2013[15]
- Astroblepus caquetae Fowler, 1943
- Astroblepus chapmani (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
- Astroblepus chimborazoi (Fowler, 1915)
- Astroblepus chinchaoensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2014[16]
- Astroblepus chotae (Regan, 1904)
- Astroblepus cirratus (Regan, 1912)
- Astroblepus curitiensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2015[17]
- Astroblepus cyclopus (Humboldt, 1805)
- Astroblepus dux Posada, 1909
- Astroblepus eigenmanni (Regan, 1904)
- Astroblepus festae (Boulenger, 1898)
- Astroblepus fissidens (Regan, 1904)
- Astroblepus floridablancaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2016[18]
- Astroblepus floridaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2013[15]
- Astroblepus formosus Fowler, 1945
- Astroblepus frenatus C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
- Astroblepus grixalvii Humboldt, 1805
- Astroblepus guentheri (Boulenger, 1887)
- Astroblepus heterodon (Regan, 1908)
- Astroblepus hidalgoi Ardila Rodríguez, 2013[15]
- Astroblepus homodon (Regan, 1904)
- Astroblepus huallagaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2013[15]
- Astroblepus itae Ardila Rodríguez, 2011[11]
- Astroblepus jimenezae Ardila Rodríguez, 2013[19]
- Astroblepus jurubidae Fowler, 1944
- Astroblepus labialis N. E. Pearson, 1937
- Astroblepus latidens C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
- Astroblepus longiceps N. E. Pearson, 1924
- Astroblepus longifilis (Steindachner, 1882)
- Astroblepus mancoi C. H. Eigenmann, 1928
- Astroblepus mariae (Fowler, 1919)
- Astroblepus marmoratus (Regan, 1904)
- Astroblepus martinezi Ardila Rodríguez, 2013[19]
- Astroblepus mendezi Ardila Rodríguez, 2014[20]
- Astroblepus micrescens C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
- Astroblepus mindoensis (Regan, 1916)
- Astroblepus mojicai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015[12]
- Astroblepus moyanensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2014[16]
- Astroblepus nettoferreirai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015[12]
- Astroblepus nicefori G. S. Myers, 1932
- Astroblepus onzagaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2015[17]
- Astroblepus orientalis (Boulenger, 1903)
- Astroblepus ortegai Ardila Rodríguez, 2012[21]
- Astroblepus peruanus (Steindachner, 1876)
- Astroblepus phelpsi L. P. Schultz, 1944
- Astroblepus pholeter Collette, 1962
- Astroblepus pirrensis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)
- Astroblepus pradai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015[17]
- Astroblepus praeliorum W. R. Allen, 1942
- Astroblepus prenadillus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Astroblepus putumayoensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2015[12]
- Astroblepus quispei Ardila Rodríguez, 2012[21]
- Astroblepus regani (Pellegrin, 1909)
- Astroblepus rengifoi Dahl, 1960
- Astroblepus retropinnus (Regan, 1908)
- Astroblepus riberae Cardona & Guerao, 1994
- Astroblepus rivasae Ardila Rodríguez, 2018
- Astroblepus rosei C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
- Astroblepus sabalo (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Astroblepus santanderensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
- Astroblepus simonsii (Regan, 1904)
- Astroblepus stuebeli (Wandolleck, 1916)
- Astroblepus supramollis N. E. Pearson, 1937
- Astroblepus taczanowskii (Boulenger, 1890)
- Astroblepus tamboensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2014[16]
- Astroblepus theresiae (Steindachner, 1907)
- Astroblepus trifasciatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
- Astroblepus ubidiai (Pellegrin, 1931)
- Astroblepus unifasciatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
- Astroblepus vaillanti (Regan, 1904)
- Astroblepus vanceae (C. H. Eigenmann, 1913)
- Astroblepus ventralis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
- Astroblepus verai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015[17]
- Astroblepus whymperi (Boulenger, 1890)