Classification / Names
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Astroblepidae (Naked sucker-mouth catfishes)
Etymology: Astroblepus: Greek, astra = ray + Greek, blepo = to look (Ref. 45335); jimenezae: Named for Dr. Luz Fernanda Jiménez Segura, director of Laboratorio de Ictiologia de la Universidad de Antioquia.
Eponymy: Dr Luz Fernanda Jiménez Segura is a Colombian ichthyologist interested in freshwater fishes and migratory fish ecology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Colombia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128914)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished by the following characters: maxillary barbel in larger specimens reaching oral disc, but do not in smaller individuals; pectoral fin I,7, associated to the thrid radial; unbranched rays of caudal fin are equal and slightly projected; free vertebrae 26; fifth ceratobranchial with 6 teeth on the anterior region (Ref. 128914).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ardila-Rodríguez, C.A., 2013. Astroblepus martinezi y Astroblepus jimenezae. Dos nuevas especies del Río Sinú y Río Atrato, Colombia. Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla: 1-16 + covers. (Ref. 128914)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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