Andeancistrus

Andeancistrus
Scientific classification
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

  1. 1 2 3 4 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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