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Astroblepidae (Naked sucker-mouth catfishes)
Etymology: Astroblepus: Greek, astra = ray + Greek, blepo = to look (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Roberto Quispe is an ichthyologist at Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru, where he was awarded a bachelor’s degree (1991) and a master’s (2009). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. High altitude
South America: Andes, Peru.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93748)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Astroblepus quispei is distinguished from other congeners by the following characters:
maxillary wattle doesn't reach beyond the oral disk; first pectoral radius is shorter than head
longitude and has 10 - 11 soft branching radii, 7 of them associated to the third radial; first radius
of the pelvic doesn't go beyond the anus; pre-maxillary with two and a half internal rows of bicuspid teeth; the outermost row with 10 conic teeth; first simple radii of caudal fin with extensions; 23 free vertebrae, the fifth cerato-branchial bone with 5 teeth in the anterior region (ref. 93748).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ardila Rodriguez, C.A., 2012. Astroblepus ortegai y Astroblepus quispei. Dos nuevas especies des los Andes del Perú. Universidad Metropolitana, Departmento del Atlántico. Barranquilla. 16 pp. (Ref. 93748)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00199 - 0.01264), b=3.12 (2.90 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
