Andeancistrus

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: Andeancistrus
Species: A. eschwartzae – A. platycephalus

Name

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

• 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.