''Chaetostoma machiquense'' is a
species of
catfish in the family
Loricariidae. It is native to
South America, where it occurs in the Negro River basin in the
Lake Maracaibo
Lake Maracaibo (Spanish: Lago de Maracaibo; Anu: Coquivacoa) is a lagoon in northwestern Venezuela, the largest lake in South America and one of the oldest on Earth, formed 36 million years ago in the Andes Mountains. The fault in the northern se ...
drainage in
Venezuela. The species reaches 6.6 cm (2.6 inches) SL.
References
machiquense
Fish described in 1953
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