Ancistrus falconensis
Ancistrus falconensis[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater species native to South America, where it occurs in the Hueque River and the Ricoa River in the state of Falcón in Venezuela. The species reaches at least 16.12 cm (6.3 inches) SL and was described in 2010 by Donald C. Taphorn, Jonathan W. Armbruster, and Douglas Rodríguez-Olarte on the basis of morphological differences from the species Ancistrus gymnorhynchus, which occurs in a similar geographic region.[2]
| Ancistrus falconensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Ancistrus |
| Species: | A. falconensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancistrus falconensis Taphorn, Armbruster & Rodríguez-Olarte, 2010 | |
References
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ancistrus falconensis Taphorn, Armbruster & Rodríguez-Olarte, 2010". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- Taphorn, D.C., Armbruster, J.W., & Rodríguez-Olarte, D. (2010). Ancistrus falconensis n. sp. and A. gymnorhynchus Kner (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from central Venezuelan Caribbean coastal streams. Zootaxa, 2345, 19-32.
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