Astroblepidae
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The naked sucker-mouth catfishes are a small family, Astroblepidae, of catfishes found in torrental streams in the Andean area of South America. There is only one genus and around 40 species in this family.
[edit] Reference
- "Astroblepidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.