Ancistrus maculatus

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: Ancistrus
Species: Ancistrus maculatus

Name

Ancistrus maculatus (Steindachner, 1881)

• Syntypes: NMW 47282 (1), 47289-90 (2, 1), 55035 (1).

Type locality: Cudajas, Obidos, Rio Tajapoura, Rio Chagres, South America.

Etymology: .

Synonyms

• Chaetostomus (Ancistrus) cirrhosus var. maculata Steindachner, 1881
  • Chaetostomus cirrhosus var. maculata Steindachner, 1881

References

• Isbrücker, I.J.H., Seidel, I., Michels, J. P., Schraml, E. & Werner, A. 2001. Diagnose vierzehn neuer Gattungen der Familie Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Teleostei, Ostariophysi). DATZ-Sonderheft "Harnischwelse 2" [Special issue "Suckermouth armoured catfishes no. 2"]: 17–24. Reference page. 
• Steindachner, F. 1881. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Flussfische Südamerika's. II. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 43: 103–146, Pls. 1–7.Reference page. 

Links

• Ancistrus maculatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Ancistrus maculatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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