fish from colombia

[de nol]

like the title says i'm looking for apistogramma's and other fish from colombia,the reason is simple...i own 6 sturisomatichthis sp colombia and i want to make some sort of biotope around them...does anybody here has a nice list of species found in colombia or some links perhaps...i'm talking about apisto's,pencilfish,otocinclus,hyphessobrycon species etc...more the small fish please...

here 's a picture of my sturi sp colombia

 

[Linus_Cello]

What about "Columbian tetras" Hyphyessobrycon columbianus?

 

[Mike Wise]

Colombia (east of the Andes) includes 2 hydrologic systems - the Orinoco and the Amazon. Do you know which system, or more specifically in which river(s) your Sturisomatichthis are found? That would help narrow down a true biotope community. I know nothing about loricarids. Your Sturisomatichthis might even live in a biotope that doesn't have dwarf cichlids or commercially available species.

 

[Kruz]

One Kool Catfish

 

[Jacco]

there is some information here. the may issue. Sturisoma are found in neutral slightly alkalisch waters i thought to remember.

 

[Jacco]

sorry... it is the march issue

 

[Gwendal]

Nice fish!






1 saludo

 

[Apistomaster]

There are serveral Sturisomatichthys species found in Colombian waters. All of them are found in rivers in the eastern drainages.
There is very little information regarding http://www.planetcatfish.com/sturisomatichthys_sp`colombia`.
However, if you search in the cat-elog section of Loricaridae, way down to the bottom of this page:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/family.php?family_id=4
You will find several species in this genus occur in Colombia.
I would think this would give you considerable latitude on species selection when it comes to potential tank mates.

 

[Apistomaster]

I suspect your catfish are Sturisomatichthys leightoni. Nice find.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/sturisomatichthys_leightoni