Astroblepus Acostai
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Vertebrae: 22. Astroblepus acostai is distinguished by the following characters: maxillary wattle goes beyond buccal disk; pelvic fin does reach beyond the anus; pre-dorsal distance goes beyond the origin of the adipose spine; pectoral fin with a single radius and 11 more of them branched; pre-maxillary with two and a half rows of teeth, the outermost having 7-8 conic curved teeth; inferior lobule of the caudal fin is bigger that the superior lobule; 22 free vertebrae, the fifth ceratobrachial bone with 8 teeth in the anterior region .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical South America: Colombia.
🌿 Ecology
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🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
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🔍 Similar Species
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