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Siluriformes (Catfishes) >
Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Lasiancistrus: Greek, lasios, -a, -on = hairy + Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804–1865) was a German businessman who was asked to supervise transporting Saxon sheep to Virginia, USA (1828), where he stayed. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Günther.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 25°C - 27°C (Ref. 13614)
South America: throughout much of the Amazon basin and the upper Orinoco and
Essequibo River basins.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36713)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. (Ref. 58032)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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