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Ancistrus yutajae

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Ancistrus yutajae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Ancistrus
Species:
A. yutajae
Binomial name
Ancistrus yutajae
De Souza, Taphorn & Armbruster, 2019

Ancistrus yutajae[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs only in the Yutajé River in Venezuela. The species reaches at least 8.28 cm (3.3 inches) SL and was described in 2019 by Lesley S. de Souza of the Field Museum of Natural History, Donald C. Taphorn of the Royal Ontario Museum, and Jonathan Armbruster of Auburn University alongside five other species of Ancistrus.[2] FishBase does not list this species.

References

  1. ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  2. ^ De Souza, L. S., Taphorn, D. C., & Armbruster, J. W. (2019). Review of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the northwestern Guiana Shield, Orinoco Andes, and adjacent basins with description of six new species. Zootaxa, 4552(1), 1–67. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4552.1.1