Astroblepus
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The naked sucker-mouth catfishes are a small family, Astroblepidae, of catfishes found in torrential streams in the Andean area of South America and Panama. There is only one genus Astroblepus with up 54 species in this family.
These fish have a suckermouth like those of Loricariids. They have two pairs of barbels, maxillary and nasal. The dorsal fin spine lacks a locking mechanism. Some of these fish are able to live at up to 3500 m altitude and climb the faces of waterfalls.
[edit] Reference
- "Astroblepidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. March 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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