Andeancistrus
Taxonavigation: Siluriformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Hypostominae
Tribus: Ancistrini
Genus: Andeancistrus
Species:
A. eschwartzae –
A. platycephalus
Name
[edit]Andeancistrus Lujan et al., 2015
- Type species: Chaetostomus platycephalus Boulenger, 1898
Etymology: Andeancistrus is a combination of Andean, a reference to the mountains from which this genus originates, and ancistrus, a root name for many Hypostominae genera that have clusters of enlarged evertible cheek odontodes.
References
[edit]- Lujan, N.K., Meza-Vargas, V. & Barriga-Salazar, R. 2015. Two New Chaetostoma Group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) Sister Genera from Opposite Sides of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, with the Description of One New Species. Copeia 103(3): 651–663. DOI: 10.1643/CI-15-246 Reference page.