Acestridium colombiensis
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Acestridium colombiensis is a species of catfish belonging to the family Loricariidae. This species is the only species of Acestridium known from Colombia. It is currently only known from the Inírida River, Guainía Department in the east of Colombia.[1]
Like all Acestridium spp, this is a very slender and elongated fish. Specimens of up to around 5 cm standard length have been recorded. It can most readily distinguished from its congeners by its rather homogenous brown coloration (as opposed to having striped markings) and the very low number of jaw teeth.[1]
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- ^ a b Retzer, Michael E. (2005). "Description of a new species of Acestridium (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Colombia" (PDF). Zootaxa 972: 1–6.
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