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Etymology: Exastilithoxus: Greek, exastis, -ios = yarn, thread, that is untied from a texture (weave) + Greek, lithos = stone + Greek, oxys = sharpen (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.
Issue
For complementary descriptions see Isbrücker & Nijssen (1985), with illustrations of the holotype and comparison to Exastilithoxus hoedemani, and Lasso (1990:242, fig. 33); additional locality of collect in Provenzano et al. (1995).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 25°C - 28°C (Ref. 13614)
South America: Caroni and Matacuni River basins in the Orinoco drainage, Venezuela.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36713)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Fisch-Muller, S., 2003. Loricariidae-Ancistrinae (Armored catfishes). p. 373-400. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36713)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01660 (0.00760 - 0.03623), b=2.93 (2.74 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).