Astroblepus cyclopus

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Astroblepus cyclopus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Astroblepidae, the climbing catfishes.[2] This catfish is found in the Mira and Esmeraldas River drainage system, and other Pacific coastal drainage systems, in Ecuador and in the Magdalena River Basin of Colombia.[1] This species attains a maximum standard length of 4.9 cm (1.9 in).[3]

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Astroblepus cyclopus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Astroblepidae
Genus: Astroblepus
Species:
A. cyclopus
Binomial name
Astroblepus cyclopus
(Humboldt, 1805)[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Pimelodus cyclopum Humboldt, 1805
  • Cyclopium humboldtii Swainson, 1839
  • Stygogenes humboldtii Günther, 1864
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