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Astroblepus riberae

Astroblepus riberae is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Astroblepidae, the climbing catfishes. This cavefish is endemic to the Cajamarca region in Peru, where it is known only from its type locality, the only Ninabamba Cave at 6°19'48"S, 78°30'36"W. This cave is in the Reque River basin, part of the Peruvian Amazon basin.

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Astroblepus riberae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Astroblepidae
Genus: Astroblepus
Species:
A. riberae
Binomial name
Astroblepus riberae
Cardona & Guerao, 19942

Astroblepus riberae is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Astroblepidae, the climbing catfishes.2 This cavefish is endemic to the Cajamarca region in Peru, where it is known only from its type locality, the only Ninabamba Cave at 6°19'48"S, 78°30'36"W. This cave is in the Reque River basin, part of the Peruvian Amazon basin.13

The specific name honors Carles Ribera of the University of Barcelona, a specialist in cavernicolous spiders, who collected the holotype from Ninabamba caves in Peru.4

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  1. Velasquez Quispe, M.; Hidalgo del Aguila, M. & Chocano, L. (2016). "Astroblepus riberae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T49830641A53818653. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49830641A53818653.en. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Astroblepus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  3. Romero, A. (2001). "The biology of hypogean fishes". Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. Springer Netherlands. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-4020-0076-8.
  4. Christopher Scharpf (8 December 2025). "Family ASTROBLEPIDAE Bleeker 1862 (Climbing Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 18 December 2025.