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Loricariidae
Ancistrus macrophthalmus
Ancistrus macrophthalmus
Big eyed armor in the lower Orinoco
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallAncistrus macrophthalmus is a freshwater fish from South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 7.9 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Ancistrus
- Maximum length
- 7.9 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Orinoco River and lower parts of some of its tributaries in Venezuela.
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