Chaetostoma Bifurcum
📖 Overview
Facultative air-breathing in the genus ; Found in piedmont elevations approximately 100 to 650 masl .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Chaetostoma bifurcum is distinguished from all congeners along along the Pacific Coast of South America except C. palmeri and C. paucispinis by having only 1 or 2 evertible cheek odontodes (vs. 3-6); from C. niveum, C. palmeri, C. patiae, and C. paucispinis by having most frequently 4 branched rays on anal fin (vs. 5); from C. palmeri and C. paucispinis by having body with black, indistinct, vertically elongate, irregularly broken or complete bars K to O width of orbit in living adults (vs. body uniform or with transverse cross-bars wider than two times orbit centered on dorsal midline); and from C. paucispinis by having 8 branched rays on dorsal fin (vs. 9) . : elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Chaetostoma Bifurcum is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Chaetostoma Bifurcum is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Chaetostoma Bifurcum is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical South America: Pacific Coast drainages of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru, including (from north to south) the Esmeraldas, Guayas, Santa Rosa, and Tumbes river drainages.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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