Andeancistrus
Andeancistrus is a genus of suckermouth armored catfishes native to South America. This genus is diagnosable from all other members of the Chaetostoma group by having a fully plated snout, lacking cheek odontodes that extend past the opercular flap, and by having eight branched dorsal fin rays.[1]
| Andeancistrus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Tribe: | Ancistrini |
| Genus: | Andeancistrus Lujan, Meza-Vargas & Barriga-S., 2015 [1] |
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
- Andeancistrus eschwartzae Lujan, Meza-Vargas & Barriga-S., 2015 [1]
- Andeancistrus platycephalus (Boulenger, 1898) [1]
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References
- Lujan, N.K., Meza-Vargas, V. & Barriga-Salazar, R. (2015): Two New Chaetostoma Group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) Sister Genera from Opposite Sides of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, with the Description of One New Species. Copeia, 103 (3): 651-663.
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