Loricariidae

Pseudancistrus yekuana

Pseudancistrus yekuana

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Small
• Tropical fish

Lithoxancistrus yekuana is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. L. yekuana was described in 2007 by Nathan K. Lujan (of the American Museum of Natural History), Mark H. Sabaj Pérez (of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University), and Jonathan W. Armbruster (of Auburn University) in the genus Pseudancistrus alongside another species, P. pectegenitor, which was later moved to the monotypic genus Colossimystax. Its specific epithet, yekuana, refers to the Ye'kuana people who inhabit parts of Venezuela and Brazil, including the upper Ventuari.