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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Corymbophanes: Greek, korymbos = summit, cluster of fruits and flowers + Greek, phaino = to shine (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Charles Wilgress Anderson (d: 1867) was a geologist and the Government Surveyor in the Department of Lands and Mines, British Guiana (Guyana). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Eigenmann.
Taxonomic Remarks
Redescription in Armbruster & al. (2000). Biology: found in shallow riffles, in the main channel; substratum: bedrock with numerous crevices and small patches of gravel and cobble.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal; no migratorio. Tropical
South America: Essequibo River drainage, upper Potaro River, upstream Kaieteur Falls.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.6 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 36817)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 2; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 7; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 4. Distinguished from C. kaiei by having the abdomen lightly colored, caudal fin without light bands, anal fin I,4, caudal peduncle strongly compressed, and 5 plates below adpressed pectoral fin spine. Generic characteristics: caudal fin 1, 14, 1; adipose fin replaced by low elongate postdorsal ridge formed by series of raised median unpaired plates contiguous with dorsal procurrent caudal fin spines.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
In the main channel over gravel and cobble (Ref. 37093).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Burgess, W.E., 1989. An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p. (Ref. 6868)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01549 (0.00729 - 0.03291), b=2.96 (2.79 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (25 of 100). 🛈 |