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Astroblepidae (Naked sucker-mouth catfishes)
Etymology: Astroblepus: Greek, astra = ray + Greek, blepo = to look (Ref. 45335); martinezi: Named for Dr. Antonio José Martinez Negrete. Admin. Del Parque Nacional Natural Paramillo.
Eponymy: Antonio José Martinez Negrete is the Administrator, Parque Nacional Natural Paramillo, Cordoba, Colombia. He was honoured for scientific research and for his conservation work. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Colombia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128914)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished by the following characters: well-developed adipose fin without a spine; maxillary barbel of small specimens reaches the operculum, surpasses this structure in large specimens; length of first pectoral-fin ray is greater than the head length, 8 branched rays associated to the third radial; first pelvic-fin ray reaching past the anal aperture; premaxillary with 2 1/2 rows of teeth, the outer row with 9-13 conic and semi-curved teeth and 1-2 bicuspid teeth; caudal fin with equal upper and lower lobes; free vertebrae 25; fifth ceratobranchial with 8 teeth on the upper portion (Ref. 128914).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ardila-Rodríguez, C.A., 2013. Astroblepus martinezi y Astroblepus jimenezae. Dos nuevas especies del Río Sinú y Río Atrato, Colombia. Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla: 1-16 + covers. (Ref. 128914)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01047 (0.00436 - 0.02513), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |