Ancistrus greeni

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 greeni

Name

Ancistrus greeni (Isbrücker in Isbrücker et al., 2001)

Replacement name for Chaetostomus maculatus Regan, 1904, preoccupied by Chaetostomus cirrhosus var. maculata Steindachner, 1882.

• Syntypes: BMNH 1903.10.12.3-4 (2).

Type locality: "Rozmaiu, Upper Peru" [locality uncertain, Peru likely].

Etymology: in honor of J. Green who made the drawings for Regan's monograph on loricariids.

Synonyms

• Chaetostomus maculatus Regan, 1904
• Chaetostoma greeni Isbrücker in Isbrücker et al., 2001

Vernacular names

English: Green's Bristlenose Catfish

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. 
• Lujan, N.K., Meza-Vargas, V., Astudillo-Clavijo, V., Barriga-Salazar, R. & López-Fernández, H. 2015. A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes. Copeia 103(3): 664–701. DOI: 10.1643/CI-14-194 Reference page. 
• Regan, C.T. 1904. A monograph of the fishes of the family Loricariidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17 (pt 3, no. 1): 191–350, Pls. 9–21. BHL Reference page. 

Links

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

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