Andeancistrus platycephalus

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

Name

Andeancistrus platycephalus (Boulenger, 1898)

• Syntypes: BMNH 1898.11.4.42 (1); MZUT 1551 (1).

Type locality: Río Bomboiza, upper Amazon River basin, eastern Ecuador.

Etymology: .

Synonyms

• Chaetostomus platycephalus Boulenger, 1898
  • Chaetostoma platycephala Boulenger, 1898
  • Hemiancistrus platycephalus (Boulenger, 1898) -- Isbrücker, 1980
  • Cordylancistrus platycephalus (Boulenger, 1898) -- Burgess & Finley, 1996

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1898: Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell' Ecuador e regioni vicine. Poissons de l'Équateur. [Part I]. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino, 13(329): 1–13. BHL Reference page. 
• 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.