''Chaetostoma joropo'' is a
species of
catfish in the family
Loricariidae. It is native to
South America, where it occurs in the
Cusiana River
Cusiana River () is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Orinoco River
The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuel ...
basin in the
Orinoco
The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the wor ...
drainage in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
. The species reaches at least 12.47 cm (4.9 inches) SL and was described in 2016 by Gustavo A. Ballen of the
University of London, as well as Alexander Urbano-Bonilla and Javier A. Maldonado-Ocampo of the
Pontifical Xavierian University. It appears in the aquarium trade, where it is frequently referred to by its
L-number, which is L-445. This species has reportedly been known to aquarists for quite some time prior to its 2016 scientific description.
References
Fish described in 2016
joropo
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