Astroblepus mojicai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Astroblepidae (Naked sucker-mouth catfishes)
Etymology: Astroblepus: Greek, astra = ray + Greek, blepo = to look (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr José Iván Mojica Corzo is a Colombian zoologist, ecologist and marine biologist who is Professor and Director, Museo de Ictiología del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Etymology: Astroblepus: Greek, astra = ray + Greek, blepo = to look (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr José Iván Mojica Corzo is a Colombian zoologist, ecologist and marine biologist who is Professor and Director, Museo de Ictiología del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
South America: Colombia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.2 cm SL (female)
Max length : 7.2 cm SL (female)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 26. Astroblepus mojicai is distinguished by having completely developed adipose membrane, 7 soft radii, premaxilla with 2-5 bicuspid teeth and 5-11 conic teeth in external row, and 26 vertebrae (Ref. 116456).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Schaefer, Scott | Collaborators
Ardila Rodriguez, C.A., 2015. Cinco nuevas especies de peces astroblépidos para los Andes Colombianos / Five new species of astroblepid fish for Colombian Andes. Revista de la Asociación Colombiana de Ciencias Biológicas 27 (1): 124-135. (Ref. 116456)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Aquaculture systems
Aquaculture profiles
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Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
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Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | 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). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |