Andean Catfish
Astroblepus ubidiai
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Fish
The Andean catfish is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Astroblepidae, the climbing catfishes. This catfish is endemic to the highlands of the Ecuadorian Andes where it lives in mountain streams in four different drainage basins in the Imbakucha watershed. It is a brownish-grey fish growing to about 150 mm (6 in). The fish is threatened by human activities in the area with loss and fragmentation of its habitat, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being "critically endangered".
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Astroblepidae
- Genus
- Astroblepus