Chaetostoma spondylus

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Chaetostoma spondylus Salcedo & Ortega, 2015

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> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Chaetostoma: Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335);  spondylus: The specific epithet spondylus is in reference to the tuft of odontodes on the trunk lateral dermal plates that resemble the thorny projections of the bivalve mollusk known as spiny oyster. A noun in apposition..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología


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