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Andeancistrus

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Andeancistrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Tribe: Ancistrini
Genus: Andeancistrus
Lujan, Meza-Vargas & Barriga-S., 2015 [1]

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]

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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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