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> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Ancistrus: Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Meek & Hildebrand.

Issue
Based on personal observation, the identity of the specimen registered as holotype is doubtful; see Breder (1927:109) for a complementary description of species.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; Água doce demersal. Tropical

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Central America: Pacific and Caribbean river drainages of eastern Panama.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.6 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 36713)

Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Fisch-Muller, Sonia | Colaboradores

Fisch-Muller, S., 2003. Loricariidae-Ancistrinae (Armored catfishes). p. 373-400. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36713)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Ancistrus spinosus Meek & Hildebrand, 1916