Transancistrus

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Hypostominae
Tribus: Ancistrini
Genus: Transancistrus
Species: T. aequinoctialis – T. santarosensis

Name

Transancistrus Lujan et al., 2015

• Type species: Cordylancistrus santarosensis Tan & Armbruster, 2012

Etymology: Transancistrus is a combination of the Latin word trans (meaning across, over, or on the other side of), which refers to the distribution of this genus across rivers draining the Pacific slope of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, and ancistrus, a root name for many Hypostominae genera having clusters of enlarged evertible cheek odontodes.

References

• 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.