Astroblepus pholeter

Astroblepus pholeter is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. This cavefish is endemic to the Jumandi Cave in the Napo River basin in Ecuador.[2][3]

Astroblepus pholeter

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1).[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Astroblepidae
Genus: Astroblepus
Species:
A. pholeter
Binomial name
Astroblepus pholeter
(Collette, 1962)

References

  1. P. Jimenez-Prado; P. Arguello (2016). "Astroblepus pholeter". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. "Astroblepus pholeter". FishBase. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. Romero, A. (2001). The biology of hypogean fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. Springer Netherlands. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-4020-0076-8.

Bibliography

  • Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, num. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, United States. 2905. ISBN 0-940228-47-5.


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