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Loricariidae
Catfish
Ancistrus hoplogenys
Eight or nine curved spines hide beneath its cheeks
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumCatfish is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Ancistrus
- Maximum length
- 15.8 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon, Essequibo and Paraguay River basins. Reported from Suriname (Ref. 59052 ).
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