| Astroblepus | |
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| Astroblepus sabalo | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Order: | Siluriformes | 
| Superfamily: | Loricarioidea | 
| Family: | Astroblepidae Bleeker, 1862  | 
| Genus: | Astroblepus Humboldt, 1805  | 
| Type species | |
| Astroblepus grixalvii Humboldt, 1805  | |
Astroblepus is a genus of fish in the family Astroblepidae found in South America and Panama. This genus is the only member of its family.[1] These catfishes are primarily found in torrential streams in the Andean area.[1] Astroblepus pholeter and A. riberae are troglobites adapted to living in subterranean water systems.[2] These species are typically small, less than 10 cm (4 in).[1] The largest species reaches 30 cm (1 ft).[1] These fish have suckermouths like those of loricariids. They have two pairs of barbels, maxillary and nasal. The dorsal fin spine lacks a locking mechanism.[3] These fish also have odontodes, tiny teeth on their skin. All species exhibit a conical, pointy type on their fin rays like that found in other loricarioids; other species also exhibit a blunt type that is only found on their skin.[3]
Some of these fish are able to live in high altitude and climb the faces of waterfalls.[3] Their climbing ability comes from specially developed pelvic fins, as well as their suckermouths.[3] In their Neotropical Andean habitat, dry and wet seasons are quite extreme, and odontodes may help in sensing food, mates and water flow, as well as help cling to surfaces.[3] They feed upon invertebrates, such as caterpillars and annelids.[3]
The Astroblepidae were usually placed within Siluriformes as the sister family of Loricariidae,[4][5] but a recent study found them to be more closely related to the family Scoloplacidae.[6][7]
Species
There are currently 80 recognized species in this genus:
- Astroblepus acostai Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 [8]
 - Astroblepus ardiladuartei Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 [9]
 - Astroblepus ardilai Ardila Rodríguez, 2012 [10]
 - Astroblepus bellezaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 [9]
 - Astroblepus boulengeri (Regan, 1904)
 - Astroblepus brachycephalus (Günther, 1859)
 - Astroblepus cacharas Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 [11]
 - Astroblepus cajamarcaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2013 [12]
 - Astroblepus caquetae Fowler, 1943
 - Astroblepus chapmani (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
 - Astroblepus chimborazoi (Fowler, 1915)
 - Astroblepus chinchaoensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2014 [13]
 - Astroblepus chotae (Regan, 1904)
 - Astroblepus cirratus (Regan, 1912)
 - Astroblepus curitiensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 [14]
 - Astroblepus cyclopus (Humboldt, 1805)
 - Astroblepus eigenmanni (Regan, 1904)
 - Astroblepus festae (Boulenger, 1898)
 - Astroblepus fissidens (Regan, 1904)
 - Astroblepus floridablancaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2016 [15]
 - Astroblepus floridaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2013 [12]
 - Astroblepus formosus Fowler, 1945
 - Astroblepus frenatus C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
 - Astroblepus grixalvii Humboldt, 1805
 - Astroblepus guentheri (Boulenger, 1887)
 - Astroblepus heterodon (Regan, 1908)
 - Astroblepus hidalgoi Ardila Rodríguez, 2013 [12]
 - Astroblepus homodon (Regan, 1904)
 - Astroblepus huallagaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2013 [12]
 - Astroblepus itae Ardila Rodríguez, 2011 [8]
 - Astroblepus jimenezae Ardila Rodríguez, 2013 [16]
 - Astroblepus jurubidae Fowler, 1944
 - Astroblepus labialis N. E. Pearson, 1937
 - Astroblepus latidens C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
 - Astroblepus longiceps N. E. Pearson, 1924
 - Astroblepus longifilis (Steindachner, 1882)
 - Astroblepus mancoi C. H. Eigenmann, 1928
 - Astroblepus mariae (Fowler, 1919)
 - Astroblepus marmoratus (Regan, 1904)
 - Astroblepus martinezi Ardila Rodríguez, 2013 [16]
 - Astroblepus mendezi Ardila Rodríguez, 2014 [17]
 - Astroblepus micrescens C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
 - Astroblepus mindoensis (Regan, 1916)
 - Astroblepus mojicai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 [9]
 - Astroblepus moyanensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2014 [13]
 - Astroblepus nettoferreirai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 [9]
 - Astroblepus nicefori G. S. Myers, 1932
 - Astroblepus onzagaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 [14]
 - Astroblepus orientalis (Boulenger, 1903)
 - Astroblepus ortegai Ardila Rodríguez, 2012 [18]
 - Astroblepus peruanus (Steindachner, 1876)
 - Astroblepus phelpsi L. P. Schultz, 1944
 - Astroblepus pholeter Collette, 1962
 - Astroblepus pirrensis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)
 - Astroblepus pradai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 [14]
 - Astroblepus praeliorum W. R. Allen, 1942
 - Astroblepus prenadillus (Valenciennes, 1840)
 - Astroblepus putumayoensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 [9]
 - Astroblepus quispei Ardila Rodríguez, 2012 [18]
 - Astroblepus regani (Pellegrin, 1909)
 - Astroblepus rengifoi Dahl, 1960
 - Astroblepus retropinnus (Regan, 1908)
 - Astroblepus riberae Cardona & Guerao, 1994
 - Astroblepus rosei C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
 - Astroblepus sabalo (Valenciennes, 1840)
 - Astroblepus santanderensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
 - Astroblepus simonsii (Regan, 1904)
 - Astroblepus stuebeli (Wandolleck, 1916)
 - Astroblepus supramollis N. E. Pearson, 1937
 - Astroblepus taczanowskii (Boulenger, 1890)
 - Astroblepus tamboensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2014 [13]
 - Astroblepus theresiae (Steindachner, 1907)
 - Astroblepus trifasciatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
 - Astroblepus ubidiai (Pellegrin, 1931)
 - Astroblepus unifasciatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
 - Astroblepus vaillanti (Regan, 1904)
 - Astroblepus vanceae (C. H. Eigenmann, 1913)
 - Astroblepus ventralis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
 - Astroblepus verai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015 [14]
 - Astroblepus whymperi (Boulenger, 1890)
 
References
- 1 2 3 4 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Astroblepus in FishBase. June 2016 version.
 - ↑ Romero, A. (2001). The biology of hypogean fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. Springer Netherlands. p. 376. ISBN 978-1-4020-0076-8.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 Schaefer, S.A.; Buitrago-Suárez, U.A. (2002). "Odontode morphology and skin surface features of Andean astroblepid catfishes (Siluriformes, Astroblepidae)". Journal of Morphology. 254 (2): 139–148. doi:10.1002/jmor.10024. PMID 12353298. S2CID 27019672.
 - ↑ Diogo, Rui (2004-11-01). "Phylogeny, origin and biogeography of catfishes: support for a Pangean origin of 'modern teleosts' and reexamination of some Mesozoic Pangean connections between the Gondwanan and Laurasian supercontinents". Animal Biology. 54 (4): 331–351. doi:10.1163/1570756042729546. ISSN 1570-7563.
 - ↑ Sullivan, John P.; Lundberg, John G.; Hardman, Michael (2006). "A phylogenetic analysis of the major groups of catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using rag1 and rag2 nuclear gene sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41 (3): 636–662. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.044. PMID 16876440.
 - ↑ Rivera-Rivera, Carlos J.; Montoya-Burgos, Juan I. (2017-10-25). "Trunk dental tissue evolved independently from underlying dermal bony plates but is associated with surface bones in living odontode-bearing catfish". Proc. R. Soc. B. 284 (1865): 20171831. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.1831. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 5666107. PMID 29046381.
 - ↑ Rivera-Rivera, Carlos J.; Montoya-Burgos, Juan I. (October 2018). "Back to the roots: Reducing evolutionary rate heterogeneity among sequences gives support for the early morphological hypothesis of the root of Siluriformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 272–279. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.004. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29885935. S2CID 47014511.
 - 1 2 Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2011): Astroblepus itae, Astroblepus acostai. Dos nuevas especies del Río Cáchira y Río Sinú, Colombia. Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla. Barranquilla, Colombia. 16 pp.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2015): Five new species of astroblepid fish for Colombian Andes. Archived 2016-11-21 at the Wayback Machine Revista de la Asociación Colombiana de Ciencias Biológicas, 27 (1): 124-135.
 - ↑ Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2012): Astroblepus ardilai sp. nov. Una nuevas especie de pez del los Andes del Municipio de Floridablanca, Departamento de Norte de Santander – Colombia. Peces del Departamento de Santander – Colombia, 5: 1-21.
 - ↑ Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2011). "Astroblepus cacharas (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Astroblepidae), nueva especie del río Cáchira, cuenca del río Magdalena, Colombia". Dahlia. 11: 23–33.
 - 1 2 3 4 Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2013): Astroblepus hidalgoi – A. floridaensis – A. huallagaensis y A. cajamarcaensis: Cuatro nuevas especies de los Andes del Peru. Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla. Barranquilla, Colombia. 22pp.
 - 1 2 3 Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2014): Astroblepus tamboensis – A. chinchaoensis y A. moyanensis: Tres nuevas especies de los Andes del Peru. Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla. Barranquilla, Colombia. 22pp.
 - 1 2 3 4 Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2015): Astroblepus verai sp. nov. – A. pradai, A. curitiensis y A. onzagaensis. Cuatro nuevas especies del Departamento de Santander – Colombia. Barranquilla, Departamento del Atlántico, 2015 (7): 1-24.
 - ↑ Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2016): Astroblepus floridablancaensis sp. nov. una nueva Especie de Janbonero (Siluriformes: Astroblepidae) del Municipio de Floridablanca, Departamento de Santander – Colombia. Peces del Departamento de Santander – Colombia, 8: 1-20.
 - 1 2 Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2013): Astroblepus martinezi y Astroblepus jimenezae: Dos nuevas especies del Río Sinú y Río Atrato, Colombia. Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla. Barranquilla, Colombia. 20pp.
 - ↑ Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2014): Astroblepus mendezi sp. nov. una nueva especie de pez de Panamá. Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla. Barranquilla, Colombia. 17pp.
 - 1 2 Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2012): Astroblepus ortegai y Astroblepus quispei. Dos nuevas especies des los Andes del Perú. Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla. Barranquilla, Colombia. 16 pp.
 
