Astroblepus vaillanti

Astroblepus vaillanti is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Astroblepidae, the climbing catfishes. This catfish is found in South America where it occurs in the Pacific coastal drainages of Ecuador. This species attains a maximum standard length of.
The specific name, vaillanti, honors the French zoologist Léon Vaillant of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, “through whose kindness was permitted to examine the specimens in the Jardin des Plantes”.