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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Jimenez climbing catfish

Astroblepus heterodon

Astroblepus heterodon is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Astroblepidae, the climbing catfishes. This catfish is found in South America, in the rivers which drain the Pacific slope of Colombia. Its population is vulnerable to pollution from gold mining. This species has a maximum standard length of 12 cm (4.7 in).

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 608700.