Ancistrus marcapatae

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 marcapatae

Name

Ancistrus marcapatae (Regan, 1904)

• Holotype (unique): BMNH 1902.5.29.211.

Type locality: Marcapata Valley, eastern Peru.

Etymology: named after the type locality, Marcapata Valley, eastern Peru.

Synonyms

• Chaetostomus marcapatae Regan, 1904
• Chaetostoma marcapatae Regan, 1904

Vernacular names

English: Marcapata Bristlenose Catfish

References

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

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