Chaetostoma joropo is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Cusiana River basin in the Orinoco drainage in Colombia.[1] The species reaches at least 12.47 cm (4.9 inches) SL and was described in 2016 by Gustavo A. Ballen of the University of London, as well as Alexander Urbano-Bonilla and Javier A. Maldonado-Ocampo of the Pontifical Xavierian University.[2] It appears in the aquarium trade, where it is frequently referred to by its L-number, which is L-445. This species has reportedly been known to aquarists for quite some time prior to its 2016 scientific description.[3]
| Chaetostoma joropo | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Chaetostoma |
| Species: | C. joropo
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetostoma joropo | |
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Chaetostoma joropo". FishBase.
- ^ Ballen, G. A., Urbano-Bonilla, A., & Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A. (2016). Description of a new species of the genus Chaetostoma from the Orinoco River drainage with comments on Chaetostoma milesi Fowler, 1941 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa, 4105(2), 181–197. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4105.2.6
- ^ "Chaetostoma joropo (L445)". Aquarium Glaser GmbH. 2020-12-18. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
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