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Redalyc.Climbing Behavior of Cordylancistrus Sp. in the Colombian Andes Universitas Scientiarum ISSN: 0122-7483 [email protected] Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Colombia Carvajal-Quintero, JD; Maldonado-Ocampo, JA; Urbano-Bonilla, A. Climbing behavior of Cordylancistrus sp. in the Colombian Andes Universitas Scientiarum, vol. 20, núm. 2, mayo-agosto, 2015, pp. 209-215 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogotá, Colombia Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=49935358004 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Univ. Sci. 2015, Vol. 20 (2): 209-215 doi: 10.11144/Javeriana.SC20-2.cbcc Freely available on line SHORT COMMUNICATION Climbing behavior of Cordylancistrus sp. in the Colombian Andes JD Carvajal-Quintero1, 2, JA Maldonado-Ocampo3 , A. Urbano-Bonilla1 Abstract The climbing behavior in a suckermouth Loricariidae catfish species is reported for the first time. A group of eight specimens of Cordylancistrus sp. were observed in situ climbing a waterfall in a mountain stream of the Colombian Andes. This study describes how this species overcame the vertical barrier, and then discusses and hypothesizes how the development of "key morphological and behavioral innovations" could play an important role in the occupation of a new niche and in the diversification of the Loricariidae family. Keywords: Loricariidae, key innovations, Colombian Andes Edited by Alberto Acosta & Juan Carlos Salcedo-Reyes Introduction 1. Laboratorio de Ictiología, Departamento de Biología, Tropical montane streams are aquatic ecosystems Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, that present diverse challenges to the organisms that Laboratorio 108B Edf. 53, Bogotá D.C., Colombia. inhabit them. Water quality, substrate type, drainage 2 Red de Ecoetología, Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Xalapa, area, diversity in the volume and velocity of the flow, Veracruz, México. waterfalls, steep gradients, and other movement 3 Laboratorio de Ictiología, Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática barriers are some of the factors that determine the (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Laboratorio 108B Edf. 53, composition and structure of the communities in Bogotá D.C., Colombia. these environments (Jaramillo-Villa et al. 2010, Scatena & Gutpa 2012, Blanco et al. 2014). To overcome these Received: 07-10-2014 Accepted: 15-12-2014 Published on line: 26-02-2015 challenges, native populations have developed diverse morphological and behavioral adaptations, including Citation: Carvajal-Quintero JD, Maldonado-Ocampo JA, suitable body shapes for reducing water resistance, Urbano-Bonilla A (2015) Climbing behavior of Cordylancistrus sp. in the colombian Andes. Universitas Scientiarum 20(2): 209-215 suction-cup-like appendages that help them cling to doi: 10.11144/Javeriana.SC20-2.cbcc substrate, and the ability to hide under large boulders or reside in shallow water channel-margin habitats Funding: N/A during floods and droughts (Maldonado-Ocampo et Electronic supplementary material: 1 al. 2005, Scatena & Gutpa 2012). Universitas Scientiarum, Journal of the Faculty of Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, is licensed under the Creative Commons 2.5 of Colombia: Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works. 210 Cordylancistrus sp. a climbing Loricariid Few fish species can climb waterfalls and thus with greater adhesion to the substrate (Conway et al. overcome the geographic isolation that they represent. 2012). This ability to move through steep slopes allows In streams of Hawaii and other island rivers (rivers them to inhabit streams at elevations between 1000 characterized by steep slopes, high velocity flow, and and 4000 m (Schaefer 2003). Although the loricariid high segmentation, Scatena & Gutpa 2012) juveniles fish Lithogenes and the Astroblepids share some of the of Gobiidae easily climb falls to avoid predators and morphological characteristics associated with climbing reach the habitat occupy by the adults to accomplish (i.e. morphology of the pelvic fins, specialized pelvic recruitment (Keith 2003). They have evolved fused musculature; Schaefer & Provenzano 2008), this pelvic fins that function as a ventral sucker disc, behavior is not reported for this fish. which allows them to push themselves off against the substrate and move upwards by alternating their This short communication will report for the first time ventral attaching with several cycles of axial undulation the climbing behavior of a suckermouth catfish of the (Schoenfuss & Blob 2003, Blob et al. 2006). Similarly, family Loricariidae, and discuss the implications that the pacific lamprey [Entosphenus tridentatus (Richardson this behavior has on the process of speciation for this 1837)] is also able to climb over vertical barriers. This family in the Northern Andes. species performs pre-spawning upstream migrations. In the Northwestern United States, hydroelectric dams can impede this species from freely migrating. Materials and methods However, E. tridentatus can sometimes overcome these Study area description: The observations were made barriers by attaching to the dam ramps with their at a waterfall in Boqueron stream, an Andean tributary sucker mouths and shrinking and straightening their of the Rio Bizcocho, Magdalena River Basin (Figure body to propel themselves up (Reinhardt et al. 2008). 1). The Boqueron stream is a typical tropical mountain stream, with a steep gradient, reaches with numerous In the tropical Andes, tectonic events associated with boulders, rapids, and waterfalls that alternate with lower Andean uplift produced multiple isolated river systems gradient reaches flowing over weathered rock or a thin (Lundberg et al. 1998). Today this region contains veneer of coarse alluvium (Wirthmann 2000, Scatena broad elevational gradients (> 5000 m. in some places) & Gutpa 2012). The canyon geomorphology of these with a rugged topography that creates many breaks in streams gives them quick hydrologic response times the connectivity (e.g., waterfalls) and marks changes and high runoff that result in high peak discharges in climatic conditions (Anderson & Maldonado- during rains. As a result, these mountain streams Ocampo 2010). Together, these factors have created have seasonal and non-seasonal short-term flooding. physically and chemically diverse conditions in aquatic They are characterized by a regime where short-term environments that have influenced the dispersal of events capable of transporting bedload and removing tropical Andean fishes (Maldonado et al. 2010). periphyton occur several times each year (Scatena & Gutpa 2012). The Boqueron stream reach is bordered Previously, the only reports of climbing behavior in by a second-growth Andean forest and is characterized the tropical Andes were related to the catfish family by clear water. Astroblepidae. Astroblepids are endemic to this region and inhabit streams with high gradients and rapid In September 2011, a group of eight individuals of current (Schaefer & Arroyave 2010). They are able Cordylancistrus sp. (43.4 – 71.6 mm Standard Length) to move in rapid currents and climb vertical surfaces were observed climbing a waterfall in the main using their suckermouth and pelvic fins that form channel of the Boqueron stream. Individuals were an alternating pattern (Johnson 1912, Nelson 2006). first filmed and photographed. Then, two individuals Additionally, Astroblepus species possess a duplicated were captured manually for taxonomic identification. gill opening that allows them to breathe during Voucher specimens were deposited in the fish adhesion (De Crop et al. 2013), and a thickened layer collection of the Universidad de Antioquia (CIUA of skin along the ventral surface of the most anterior 2100, 2101, 2102) and the film footage was uploaded fin rays of the paired fins; this layer provides them as supporting information in Suppl. 1. Universitas Scientiarum Vol. 20 (2): 209-215 www.javeriana.edu.co/scientiarum/ojs Carvajal-Quintero et al. 211 Fig. 1. Map showing the locality (black dot), where Cordilancistrus sp. was observed climbing a waterfall (Boqueron stream, Colombia). Results and discussion the Magdalena-Cauca river basin in Colombia. Cordylancistrus sp., like all Loricariidae, present a The individuals were climbing a waterfall that was specialized ventrally positioned oral disk with flexible 4.53 m high and had an angle of approximately 84˚. It edges. This suction cup makes it possible for them was composed of a large bedrock wall with multiple to attach firmly to the surface (Lujan & Armbruster folds across it. The water flow encompassed the entire 2012). As documented for other loricariid fish (e.g. channel width of the waterfall, covering the whole Hypostomus), pelvic fins complete the ventral suction wall without leaving any dry sections. However, the mechanisms; they form a triangular suction plate with flow volume was not homogeneous across the entire the bases of these fins that have thickened due to the width of the waterfall; it was stronger on the left side presence of muscles. These organs (mouth and pelvic than on the right (Figure 2). fins) create a suction pressure in the belly region that adheres the fish to the substrate and allows it not to The group that was observed climbing the waterfall be swept downstream despite the considerable force
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