Andeancistrus
Appearance
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Scientific 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:
- Andeancistrus eschwartzae Lujan, Meza-Vargas & Barriga-S., 2015 [1]
- Andeancistrus platycephalus (Boulenger, 1898) [1]
References