Title: Freshwater Fishes
Species #:63
Common Name: Bulldog Pleco Scientific Name: Chaetostoma milesi Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Geography / Habitat: South America: Magdalena and Apuré River basins. Lakes and ponds with leafy vegetation on the bottom and also rocky substrate. Life Strategy: These fish lay a cluster of eggs that are sticky and attach to nearby plants or rocks. Food / Feed Strategy: They will eat decaying plants, algae, leftover food from other fish. They are also known to be scavengers.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Amiiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Citation: Search FishBase. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. <http://www.fishbase.org/search.php>. Name, Common. "Marine Fish Species." AC Tropical Fish & Aquarium. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. <http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/marinefish/>.