| a new trans-andean stick catfish of the genus farlowella eigenmann & eigenmann, 1889 (siluriformes: loricariidae) with the first record of the genus for the río magdalena basin in colombia. | a new species of farlowella is described from el carmen de chucurí in the departamento de santander, western flank of the cordillera oriental, río magdalena basin, colombia. farlowella yarigui n. sp. differs from its congeners in lateral body plate morphology, abdominal cover, cephalic hypertrophied odontodes, and details of coloration. this is the first verifiable record of the genus in the magdalena drainage. aspects of natural history and implications of this finding are provided concerning t ... | 2014 | 24870891 |
| [trophic and reproductive ecology of trichomycterus calietes and astrtoblepus cyclopus (pisces: siluriformes) in quindio river, upper cauca, colombia]. | the trophic and reproductive ecology of catfish (trichomycterus caliense and astroblepus cyclopus) was studied in the quindio river upper basin, alto cauca, colombia. the ph was neutral, water oxygen content high (8.4 ppm) and temperature in the habitats was 18.63 degrees c; both species are nonmigratory and sympatric with four other fish species. the ovaries mature primarily between may and september in t. caliense; between december and may in a. cyclopus. the mean size at maturity is 8.3 cm (s ... | 2001 | 11935917 |