Astroblepus riberae explained

Astroblepus riberae is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. This cavefish is endemic to the Cajamarca region in Peru.^{[1] [2]}

Named in honor of Carles Ribera, University of Barcelona, a specialist in cavernicolous spiders, who collected the type specimen from Ninabamba caves in Peru.^[3]

Bibliography

• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, num. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, United States. 2905. .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Astroblepus riberae. FishBase. 4 July 2014.
2. Book: Romero, A. . 2001 . The biology of hypogean fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes . Springer Netherlands . 29 . 978-1-4020-0076-8 .
3. Web site: Order SILURIFORMES: Families CALLICHTHYIDAE, SCOLOPLACIDAE and ASTROBLEPIDAE . 10 March 2021 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.