AquaticRepublic.com - Acestridium sp. (1) (Loricariidae) All Fishes

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Scientific Name	Acestridium sp. (1)
Common Name
Species Information
Identification	Acestridium was diagnosed by Schaefer (1991) based on the following characters: ten principal caudal-fin rays; plates at anterior snout margin forming conspicuous spatulate projection; head and body very slender, depressed; dorsal surface of head and trunk with longitudinal ridges; dorsal fin placed posteriorly, well beyond pelvic fin and just anterior to anal-fin origin; adipose fin absent; dermal plates anterior to first dorsal-fin proximal radial expanded, bearing ventromedial keel contacting the dorsal margin of the neural arches of the vertebrae six through twelve; and ridge of bone on the ventral surface of the lateral ethmoid contacting the metapterygoid channel reflected mesially. Little is known about this Brazilian species.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Collected, and photographed, in Brazil.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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	LFS label creator ARN ref:1.4.197.1377
Last Update	2021 Jan 25 02:14 (species record created: 2001 May 05 00:00)