Cordylancistrus tayrona

Cordylancistrus tayrona Provenzano, Milani & Ardila Rodríguez, 2017

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Cordylancistrus: Greek, kordyle, -es = young tunna + Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335); tayrona: Named after the Tayrona culture or Tayrona nation, an indigenous group that occupied the area of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, and more broadly the area of northeastern Colombia, paying homage to these brave and clever people and to their descendants who today live restricted in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta; noun in apposition.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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South America: Colombia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 117343)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal soft rays: 3. lThis species is distinguished from its congeners by the presence of a unique fleshy black or dark brown keel or excrescence over the posterior tip of supraoccipital; with a strip of very small plates (granules) and odontodes along the snout border; with an elongated movable cheek odontodes, that reach the pectoral-fin origin: presence of adipose and anal fins; pectoral-fin spine almost reaching or surpassing half pelvic-fin spine length when adpressed (Ref. 117343).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Specimens were collected in piedmont rivers associated with humid tropical areas of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. These rivers have transparent waters, strong to moderate current and with temperatures ranging from 18-24°C. The substrate include rocks, small stones and sand, and where aquatic vegetation is scarce or absent, because forest canopy shades most of the river course (Ref. 117343).

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Provenzano, F.R. and F.A. Villa-Navarro, 2017. A new species of the catfish genus Cordylancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Magdalena River, Tolima, Colombia. Zootaxa 4294(5):522-530. (Ref. 117343)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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