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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Ancistrus: Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Regan.
Issue
See Steindachner (1911c:432, as Ancistrus stigmaticus) for a description of species, Muller (1989:894, fig. 4, tab. 3) for morphological data and illustration of the lectotype, Buck and Sazima (1995, as Ancistrus sp.) for ecological observations and illustration of living specimen, and Montoya-Burgos et al. (1997: fig. 4; 1998: figs. 3, 5, 6) for phylogenetic relationships based on 12S and 16S mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences (EMBL/GenBank Y08279, Y08327).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Atlantic coastal drainage of eastern Brazil, from Macacú River in the north to Maquiné River in the south.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36713)
Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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