''Chaetostoma vasquezi'' is a
species of
catfish in the family
Loricariidae. It is native to
South America, where it occurs in the basins of 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 ...
, the
Caura River, and the
Caroní River in
Venezuela. The species reaches 18.7 cm (7.4 inches) SL.
References
Fish described in 1998
vasquezi
Catfish of South America
Fish of Venezuela
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