Chaetostoma machiquense Fernández-Yépez & Martín Salazar, 1953

Family:  Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypostominae
Max. size:  6.6 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Negro River basin in the Lake Maracaibo drainage, Venezuela.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Diagnostic characters in Ceas & Page (1996:674).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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