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GBIF·2342152speciesAnimalia2,282 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyAstroblepidae
  5. ›genusAstroblepus
Astroblepus micrescens
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Astroblepus micrescens: museum & herbarium specimens

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IUCN LC · Least concern

Larga climbing catfish

Astroblepus micrescens Eigenmann, 1918

Also calledšplhavka orinocká (ces)

First described in: Eigenmann, C. H. (1918). Eighteen new species of fishes from northwestern South America. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 56 (7): 673-689. [Pp. 673-684 publ. 11 Jan.; 685-689 publ. 12 Jan. 1918.].

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Astroblepus micrescens in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2342152.