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Diplomystes chilensis in Chile
Tollo

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Diplomystes chilensis   (Molina, 1782)
Family:	Diplomystidae (Velvet catfishes)			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Tollo
Max. size:	23.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 35365)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	subtropical; 17°S - 56°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
Resilience:
Distribution:	South America: Rivers near Valparaiso and Santiago, central Chile.
Biology:	Important food fish and is referred to in books and the popular press
Threatened:	Endangered, see IUCN Red List  (B1+2c) , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless , Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott. 1991
Coordinator:	Ferraris, Jr., Carl J.
Main Ref:	de Pinna, M.C.C.. 1998. (Ref. 33205)
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Chile country information
Common names:	Tollo de agua dulce, Bagre, Tollo		Ref:  Arratia, G., 1987
Status:	endemic		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Importance:	commercial		Ref:  Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991
Uses:	gamefish: yes
Comments:	Found in rivers near Valparaiso and Santiago in central Chile.(Ref. 36668). Endangered by competition from introduced salmonids (Ref. 4537). Also Ref. 3881.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ci.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2003
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	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Cruz, Tess

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